'Words can't explain the essence of her beauty': Sombre Rihanna leaves grandmother's wake as she tweets poetic tribute
Clearly in mourning, a sad Rihanna took to Twitter as she attended her grandmother's wake in New York City today.
'Dry cry, even tears... Even my heart cry but who cares?!' she wrote this morning.
The sadness continued to ooze from the singer's fingers as she posted just minutes later: 'Words can't explain the essence of her beauty,' she said. 'You and you alone no other one.'
Although a native of Barbados, Clara 'Dolly' Brathwaite's wake was held at a funeral home in Manhattan.
It was through a twitter posting July 1 that Rihanna revealed her beloved grandmother had died of cancer at a New York City hospital.
'Goodbye #grangranDOLLY get your beauty rest until I see you.'
It was only two weeks ago that she began posting intimate photos of her spending time with her sick grandmother on Twitter.
She then proceeded to post a number of sweet and personal photos of herself with her gran over the years.
When her grandmother took a turn for the worse last month, Rihanna cancelled all her engagements and stayed by her relative's sick bed.
The Umbrella hitmaker posted a number of photos and wrote: 'My heart smiled and cried all at once #grangranDolly'.
In another snap the 24-year-old singer is seen placing her trucker cap on Dolly's head.
She posted: '#grangrandolly Truk your girl'.
Rihanna also uploaded a picture of
her hand with her grandmother's along with the caption: 'She still has
the most beautiful hands.'
Now Rihanna has released even more family photos of her, including some pictures of her smiling while standing next to Dolly's hospital bed.
She also posted up images of her smile and some of when Rihanna was a child next to her beloved family member.
Rihanna also poses kissing her
gran, while in another she posts a poignant picture of them looking at
each other while holding hands.
The singer has spent the morning wading through her personal family album and sharing the snaps with her followers.
But she seems to be struggling to come to terms with the death as she later added some expletives to express her anguish.
Rihanna also retweeted a sentimental message from one fan, which read: 'A little tribute true and tender. just to show that we remember. time may pass and fade away. but memories of you will always stay.'
Fans
of Rihanna are familiar with Dolly and in March the singer documented a
birthday party held for her grandmother in New York.
And the heartbreaking news could explain her shambolic performance just the night before at the Peace & Love Festival in Sweden.
Revellers at the event were left unimpressed by her performance.
Not
only did she turn up 45 minutes late on stage, but fans then took to
Twitter to claim that she appeared intoxicated and wasn't singing live.
One disgruntled fan wrote ‘Really don’t feel like watching Rihanna under the influence gig. Who the f*** allowed her on stage in this state? #pal12’.
Some fans questioned whether Rihanna was
under the influence of drugs as her performance was so bad, with one
person calling her ‘disgusting and shameful’.
The Twitter user wrote ‘Rihanna is blatantly under the influence of drugs and is allowed to perform in front of children and young people. It is disgusting and shameful. #pal12.’
Another added ‘Crowd walk-out from #Rihanna concert at #peaceandlove #pal12 #Sweden claiming she's too high to sing properly.’
She even dedicated a track to Norway after getting the countries muddled up.
But it seems she must have had a lot on her mind after her gran's health deteriorated.
Meanwhile, more details of Rihanna's Sky Living TV show Styled to Rock have emerged.
Stylist Lysa Cooper has been handpicked by Rihanna to joing Henry Holland and Nicola Roberts in mentoring the 12 designers.
The show is set to air later in the summer.
'Dry cry, even tears... Even my heart cry but who cares?!' she wrote this morning.
The sadness continued to ooze from the singer's fingers as she posted just minutes later: 'Words can't explain the essence of her beauty,' she said. 'You and you alone no other one.'
Goodbye: Rihanna accompanies family to a local
funeral home ahead of her late grandmother Clara Brathwaite's funeral in
New York City.
Until we tweet again: Riri tweeted ‘Goodbye grangranDOLLY get your beauty rest until I see you’
I'll keep you here: Rihanna places one hand over her heart before she bids farewell to 'Gran Gran Dolly'
It was through a twitter posting July 1 that Rihanna revealed her beloved grandmother had died of cancer at a New York City hospital.
'Goodbye #grangranDOLLY get your beauty rest until I see you.'
Family: Rihanna and family were later spotted out to dinner at TGI Fridays restaurant.
So sad: Rihanna leaves a New York funeral home yesterday after her grandmother's wake
Missing her: Rihanna was very close to her grandmother, whom she called 'GranGran'
In mourning: Rihanna has revealed on Twitter her beloved grandmother Dolly has passed away
She then proceeded to post a number of sweet and personal photos of herself with her gran over the years.
When her grandmother took a turn for the worse last month, Rihanna cancelled all her engagements and stayed by her relative's sick bed.
Rihanna posted this image on Twitter with the
caption 'Like diamonds in the sky #grangrandolly', referring to the 4th
of July fireworks and her late grandmother
Intimate photos: Rihanna has taken to Twitter to share personal photos of herself with 'Gran Gran Dolly' over the years
In another snap the 24-year-old singer is seen placing her trucker cap on Dolly's head.
She posted: '#grangrandolly Truk your girl'.
Sad news: Rihanna revealed the news on Twitter, expressing her sadness after she passed away on Saturday
Now Rihanna has released even more family photos of her, including some pictures of her smiling while standing next to Dolly's hospital bed.
She also posted up images of her smile and some of when Rihanna was a child next to her beloved family member.
Tender: Rihanna even shared pictures of her next to her sick bed as she spent the morning thinking about her passing
The singer has spent the morning wading through her personal family album and sharing the snaps with her followers.
But she seems to be struggling to come to terms with the death as she later added some expletives to express her anguish.
Rihanna also retweeted a sentimental message from one fan, which read: 'A little tribute true and tender. just to show that we remember. time may pass and fade away. but memories of you will always stay.'
Young Rihanna: The star even showed off pictures of them together when she was a child and dubbed this image 'the best'
And the heartbreaking news could explain her shambolic performance just the night before at the Peace & Love Festival in Sweden.
Revellers at the event were left unimpressed by her performance.
One disgruntled fan wrote ‘Really don’t feel like watching Rihanna under the influence gig. Who the f*** allowed her on stage in this state? #pal12’.
The Twitter user wrote ‘Rihanna is blatantly under the influence of drugs and is allowed to perform in front of children and young people. It is disgusting and shameful. #pal12.’
Fooling around: It was only two weeks ago that
Rihanna spent time with Gran Gran Dolly in New York and shared this
picture of her wearing her cap
She even dedicated a track to Norway after getting the countries muddled up.
But it seems she must have had a lot on her mind after her gran's health deteriorated.
Meanwhile, more details of Rihanna's Sky Living TV show Styled to Rock have emerged.
Stylist Lysa Cooper has been handpicked by Rihanna to joing Henry Holland and Nicola Roberts in mentoring the 12 designers.
The show is set to air later in the summer.
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