Bode Miller’s wife said her ‘heart breaks’ for Granger Smith after the country star revealed on Thursday his daughter had drowned at their family home.
Morgan Miller, whose 19-month-old daughter Emmy died in a neighbor’s pool last year, shared a message of support on Instagram for the country star.
Morgan, the wife of champion ski racer Bode, re-shared a photo of Smith smiling with his 3-year-old son River Kelly in his arms alongside the caption: ‘My heart breaks. Another baby gone too soon.’
Earlier on Thursday, Smith shared the ‘unthinkable’ news on social media.
River had fallen into the pool and could not be revived after he was discovered.
Bode Miller’s wife Morgan, whose 19-month-old daughter Emmy also drowned last year, shared a message of support on social media. Country singer Granger Smith’s son River has died in ‘tragic accident’, the star confirmed Thursday
Reposting a picture from Smith, Miller said her ‘heart breaks’ for the country star
Smith’s home in Georgetown, Texas, and the pool where his son died. The circumstances surrounding the drowning remain unclear
The If the Boot Fits singer said he and wife Amber ‘made the decision to say our last goodbyes and donate his organs so that other children will be given a second chance at life’.
He wrote: ‘Our family is devastated and heartbroken, but we take solace in knowing he is with his Heavenly Father.
‘Riv was special. Everyone that met him knew that immediately. The joy he brought to our lives cannot be expressed and his light will be forever in our hearts.
If there are words to say more, I cannot find them in this moment. Love the ones close to you. There has never been a more difficult moment for us than this.’
People first reported the cause of death, citing a representative for Smith.
The family have asked that in lieu of flowers or gifts people send donations to Dell Children’s Medical Center in River’s name.
They add: ‘The doctors, nurses and staff have been incredible.’
Devastated Smith, who is also father to son Lincoln Monarch, five, and daughter London, seven, shared an image of him hugging a smiling River Kelly.
Wife Amber also shared the news writing: ‘Nothing can prepare a mother to deliver this kind of news. We’ve lost our youngest son, River Kelly Smith.’
Smith is understood to have canceled his show for Thursday night.
Singer Smith pictured his wife Amber, River Kelly, left, son Lincoln Monarch, five, far right, and seven-year-old daughter London, second from left
Wife Amber also shared the news writing: ‘Nothing can prepare a mother to deliver this kind of news. We’ve lost our youngest son, River Kelly Smith’
Smith shared the ‘unthinkable’ news on Twitter and Instagram and said that ‘despite doctor’s best efforts’ River Kelly ‘was unable to be revived’. The family are pictured together here
The family’s announcement was met with an outpouring of love and support from members of the music industry including fellow country stars and fathers Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean.
‘Many prayers. So Sorry,’ Bryan posted in the comments.
Aldean wrote: ‘I can’t imagine what y’all are going thru. Praying for u and ur family brother. We are heartbroken for u guys.’
Father-to-be Kane Brown also sent his love, telling Smith: ‘I’m here for you if you need anything at all bro just hit me up.’
Maren Morris wrote: ‘I am so, so sorry. Thinking of you and your family at this time.’
The family’s announcement was met with an outpouring of love and support from fellow country stars including Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Maren Morris
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Since the death of her daughter last year, Morgan Miller has become an advocate for pool safety.
Miller, 32, recently shared a series of videos of her and Bode’s eight-month-old son learning to swim and float in a pool.
She posted the videos on her Instagram stories on Tuesday last week showing her and 41-year-old Bode’s young son, Easton Vaughn Rek, laying on his back and his stomach while he practices floating in the water.
The grieving parents are making it a top priority to ensure that their little boy can stay afloat if he ever falls in a pool in the hopes that he doesn’t meet the same horrible fate as their 19-month-old daughter Emeline Grier, who died this time last year.
The couple was attending a neighbor’s party last June when their daughter, who was just 19 months old at the time, ended up in the pool.
She was rescued from the water but paramedics were unable to revive her, and she later died in hospital.
Both Bode and Morgan, who was pregnant with Easton the the time, have been open in sharing their grief.
Since losing her daughter, Morgan has become an advocate for water safety, regularly opening up about the tragic loss in an effort to prevent similar accidents happening for others.
Morgan Miller teaching son Easton to float in water, saying: ‘Working so hard but he’s doing it!’
Hard to watch: Last month, Morgan shared another video from one of Easton’s swimming lessons and said she cried during the class
Devastating: Pictured with Morgan (L) and Bode (R), the 19-month-old ended up in a swimming pool when the family was attending a neighbor’s party last June
