{"id":1934,"date":"2022-03-12T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T20:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/2022\/03\/12\/traci-braxton-passes-away-after-cancer-fight\/"},"modified":"2022-03-12T15:32:08","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T20:32:08","slug":"traci-braxton-passes-away-after-cancer-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/2022\/03\/12\/traci-braxton-passes-away-after-cancer-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Traci Braxton Passes Away After Cancer Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;We Are Family Forever&#8217;<\/h3><p>&#8220;She was a bright light, a wonderful daughter, an amazing sister, a loving mother, wife, grandmother and a respected performer,&#8221; Toni Braxton wrote in tribute to Traci<\/p><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/tag\/traci-braxton\/\"><br>Traci Braxton<\/a><\/strong>, the singer, and member of the famous Braxton Family passed away on Friday (March 11th) after a bout with cancer.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/03\/12\/traci-braxton-dead-dies-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TMZ<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;reports that Braxton has been battling cancer for about a year. Her family were by her side at the time of her death.<\/p><p>Traci, along with her sisters<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/tag\/toni-braxton\/\">Toni<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/tag\/towanda-braxton\/\">Towanda<\/a><\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/tag\/trina-braxton\/\">Trina<\/a><\/strong>, and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/tag\/tamar-braxton\/\">Tamar Braxton<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>got their big break when they signed with&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/tag\/babyface\/\">Kenneth \u201cBabyface\u201d Edmonds<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blackamericaweb.com\/tag\/la-reid\/\">L.A. Reid<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s famous LaFace Records in the late \u201980s. After Toni\u2019s breakout solo success, Traci along with her sisters became her backup singers and was featured in the music video of the Toni Braxtons single \u201c<strong>Seven Whole Days<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Toni Braxton - Seven Whole Days (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itjZzYplQSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Traci was featured in the \u201cWE TV\u201d reality show \u201c<strong>Braxton Family Values<\/strong>\u201d and the third season of \u201c<strong>Marriage Boot Camp<\/strong>\u201d with her husband&nbsp;<strong>Kevin Surratt<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Their son, Kevin Surratt Jr, said on Instagram his mother fought to the end.<\/p><p>\u201cI love my mother forever and this hurts so much but I\u2019m at peace knowing she\u2019s not in pain anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p><p>In 2014, Traci released her debut solo album \u201cCrash &amp; Burn\u201d featuring the singles \u201cLast Call\u201d and \u201cPerfect Time.\u201d<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Traci Braxton - Last Call (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QQwSDsxbee4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Braxton added acting to her resume, starring in films such as \u201cSinners Wanted,\u201d \u201cAll In,\u201d (starring Lil Mama), \u201cThe Christmas Lottery\u201d and the stageplay \u201cThere\u2019s a Stranger in My House.\u201d<\/p><p>Traci Braxton was 50 years old<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We Are Family Forever&#8217; &#8220;She was a bright light, a wonderful daughter, an amazing sister, a loving mother, wife, grandmother and a respected performer,&#8221; Toni Braxton wrote in tribute to Traci Traci Braxton, the singer, and member of the famous Braxton Family passed away on Friday (March 11th) after a bout with cancer.&nbsp;TMZ&nbsp;reports that Braxton [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gynesisradio.com\/tpsquare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}