Raven Symone has lost another family member. The actor is mourning the death of her dad, Christopher Pearman, 63 . She announced the news on Instagram on Tuesday, October 1, with an old family photo of her and her parents, "My life has been long and abundant.
And the path I’m on started with a dream," she wrote in the caption. "Hope he is watching with a smile on his face." Raven started in the entertainment industry as a child actor with support from her dad and mom, Lydia Gaulden .
In a 2006 interview for The Cheetah Girls , she explained, that her parents were her managers for the majority of my career. "When I turned 18 they said, 'Do what you want.' So I got a new manager," she explained.
"But they’re still actively involved with my career. It just kind of took the pressure off of them. They’re with me 100 percent of the time and support me 3,000 percent.
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