13. Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson is without a doubt one of the most badass people on the planet. The heavyweight champion is best known for biting off the ear of Evander Holyfield during a fight. However, this tough guy has endured the pain of losing a child, making him tougher than people think. In 2009, his four-year-old daughter Exodus tragically passed away. The child was found by her older brother Miguel, who was seven at the time. The young girl had passed away after getting tangled with the cord that was attached to a treadmill. A few weeks after her death, Tyson appeared on The Ellen Show and opened up about the loss of his baby girl, saying
“I was pretty outraged, torn apart. When I went to the hospital when she was on the machine, I was anticipating, because I was probably coming down from a hangover, but I’m anticipating that I’m going to go to the hospital and raise hell.Once I got there and saw other people who had children who already died or were dying, they were handling it with dignity and I didn’t want to be the psycho parent, I wanted to handle it with dignity as well. Their kids were dying too so I didn’t have any right to be a psycho. I just had to handle it like everyone else and be humble and be at ease.”
The Tyson family has remained strong since the loss of Exodus, however, she will eternally be missed
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