It is with great sadness and emotion that Sharon Stone announced this Wednesday, May 13 la mort de son frère aîné Michael. The one she affectionately nicknamed Mike died at the age of 74 following a “long illness”. “Mike Stone, my older brother, died after a long illness. We wish him peace“she wrote, accompanied by a photo of the deceased. A simple text that she signed with her first name as well as those of her boys whom she adopted with her ex-husband Phil Bronstein. In this painful ordeal, the actress Basic Instinct can count on the support of those close to her, notably her little sister Kelly, with whom she founded the Planet Hope association.
Sharon Stone: her brother Michael was not unknown in the cinema industry
Unlike his sister, Michael Stone was not so much in the spotlight, but he followed in her footsteps by making his screen debut in 1990 in End of the Nighta drama about a calm and simple man whose domestic accident causes a drastic personality change that takes him to the underground nightclubs of New York. Five years later, he shares the poster of the western Dead or alive with his sister Sharon Stone. The actor later appeared in the films Elite Warrior et The Eraseras well as in the series The Experts: Miami, Love, Fame and Beauty et Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. In his personal life, Michael Stone was briefly engaged to British socialite Tamara Beckwith between 1994 and 1995.
Before Michael, Sharon Stone had lost her little brother Patrick as a result “of a heart attack”
Three years before the death of Michael Stone, Sharon Stone lost another one of her loved ones: son fère cadet Patrick. It was on her Instagram account that the American actress shared this sad news. “We have lost my brother Patrick Joseph Stone to a heart attack. Like any family, we thank you for your love and support in this time of deep pain and we thank you for your condolences”we could read. Patrick’s widow, Tasha Stone, also shared the information on her social networks. “I am heartbroken. Patrick left to join our dear River… I don’t know what else to say, he was everything to me.”she wrote, referring to their son died of organ failure seventeen months earlier.
