Traci Braxton, a singer and actress who co-starred with her sisters on the reality show “Braxton Family Values,” died on Saturday at the age of 50, according to her family.
Braxton died after a year of private treatment for esophageal cancer, according to her husband Kevin Surratt. “We have come to a time where we must inform the public that after a year of privately undergoing a series of treatment for Esophageal cancer our beloved Traci Braxton has gone on to glory,” he said in a statement to People. Kevin Surratt Jr., Braxton’s son, posted a touching tribute to his mother on Instagram on Saturday.
“The first thing my mother responded when I told her she was sick was, ‘I’m going to battle and beat this,'” he wrote. “She battled till the bitter end, and now she is at rest.” I’ll always adore my mother, and while this hurts, I’m at ease knowing she’s no longer in suffering. Toni Braxton, Braxton’s sister and Grammy-winning singer, also paid tribute to her sister on Instagram with a black-and-white photo of the five sisters posing together.
In a statement released on behalf of the whole Braxton family, the “Un-break My Heart” singer described her sister as “a bright light, a lovely daughter, an outstanding sister, a loving mother, wife, grandma, and a respected artist.” (From left to right) Traci Braxton, Towanda Braxton, Toni Braxton (center), Trina Braxton, and Tamar Braxton at a photoshoot for their WeTV reality series, “Braxton Family Values,” in April 2011.via Associated PressBraxton was born in 1971 to Evelyn Jackson and Michael Conrad Braxton Sr. “Crash & Burn,” her debut solo album, was released in 2014. Four years later, she released her second album, “On Earth.”
The singer also had a radio show on BLIS.FM called “The Traci Braxton Show,” which aired in 2013.Braxton starred alongside her sisters, Toni Braxton, Tamar Braxton, Towanda Braxton, and Trina Braxton, on the WE tv reality series “Braxton Family Values,” which premiered in 2011. The seventh season of the show premiered in 2020. On Twitter, the network paid tribute to the artist, noting that she had “passed away far too soon.”
“During this terrible time, we honor her life and legacy and express our heartfelt condolences to the whole Braxton family,” the statement added. “Her soul and light will live on.”
