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Reverend Run's Baby Dies at Birth
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2006 04:20PM EST
The baby daughter of rap legend Reverend Run and his wife Justine died at birth.
Run (real name: Joseph Simmons) issued the following statement on Wednesday through MTV: "On September 26, 2006, Victoria Anne Simmons for some unknown reason chose to come early and unfortunately did not survive.
"We must accept whatever is there and once you accept unconditionally, then everything is beautiful. Every pain has a purifying effect."
The baby was delivered Tuesday at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., the Associated Press reports. Justine Simmons is fine.
Run, a founding member of the seminal rap group Run-D.M.C., and his wife have three sons. The family stars in the MTV reality series Run's House.
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How extremely sad for their family.
