{"id":15955,"date":"2011-12-17T23:31:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T23:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/tragedy-of-van-morrisons-love-child-as-he-dies-aged-13-months\/"},"modified":"2011-12-17T23:31:57","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T23:31:57","slug":"tragedy-of-van-morrisons-love-child-as-he-dies-aged-13-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/17\/tragedy-of-van-morrisons-love-child-as-he-dies-aged-13-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy of Van Morrison&#8217;s love child as he dies aged 13 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&#038;authornamef=Sharon+Churcher\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sharon Churcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last updated at 11:31 PM on 17th December 2011<\/p>\n<p><span>The child fathered by Irish rock star Van Morrison with his late American lover has died aged just 13 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The musician had the boy, George Ivan Morrison III, with Gigi Lee. Last week it was revealed that Ms Lee had died of cancer in October, aged 44.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Now it has been disclosed that George \u2013 known as \u2018Little Van\u2019 \u2013 died 11 months ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/39abarticle-0-0000135000000CB2-663_468x481.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"481\" alt=\"Lovers: Van with Gigi in November 2009, a month before she gave birth\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lovers: Van with Gigi in November 2009, a month before she gave birth<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The news has shocked friends of\u00a0 Ms Lee, who are already trying to come to terms with her death after a long battle with throat cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Carla Higdon, 46, said: \u2018It is so incredibly sad. I am devastated.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ms Lee died at a hospice in Belfast after moving to Northern Ireland\u00a0 to be close to Little Van\u2019s father,\u00a0 who lives in Dublin with his wife Michelle Rocca.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The intensely private Mr Morrison, known for hits such as Brown Eyed Girl, attempted to keep his relationship with Ms Lee secret.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He issued a series of court orders to try to prevent the press mentioning the existence of the child. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ms Lee gave birth to Little Van in December 2009 and arranged to have a statement announcing it appear on Mr Morrison\u2019s official website just after Christmas. <br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/17\/article-2075651-0F360C6900000578-201_468x462.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"462\" alt=\"Loss: The baby with his mother Gigi Lee (in hat) in October 2010\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Loss: The baby with his mother Gigi Lee (in hat) in October 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The message was quickly removed after the singer branded it a hoax and denied ever meeting Ms Lee. But it was later revealed she had been made a director of 14 of his companies in the months before she give birth to Little Van.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ms Lee, the daughter of a businessman, was dating a Fleetwood Mac roadie and working as an office\u00a0 manager when she first met Mr Morrison in 1998. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to friends, Ms Lee was diagnosed with cancer two months before her son was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ms Higdon said: \u2018She pulled back her hair and showed me a lump in her neck. It was huge. It was like the skin around it had caved in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018They told her that the tumour had wound itself around her carotid artery and if they tried to remove it, her face would be paralysed and her speech would be impaired. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018She was in great pain and was very shaken. She was afraid most of all for the baby.\u2019 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But Ms Higdon said the doctors told Ms Lee she could have radiation treatment after the baby was born. The child\u2019s sudden death came \u2018as a total shock\u2019, according to a British acquaintance of Ms Lee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2075651\/Tragedy-Van-Morrisons-love-child-dies-aged-13-months.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Tragedy of Van Morrison's love child as he dies aged 13 months\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tragedy of Van Morrison&#8217;s love child as he dies aged 13 months<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Sharon Churcher Last updated at 11:31 PM on 17th December 2011 The child fathered by Irish rock star Van Morrison with his late American lover has died aged just 13 months. 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