In Memoriam
Actor James Ransone’s Widow Shares Heartbreaking Tribute Following His Death: ‘We Are Forever’
James Ransone’s widow, Jamie McPhee, shared a message on Instagram on Sunday, December 21, following his death at age 46.
“I told you I have loved you 1000 times before and I know I will love you again,” she wrote. “You told me — I need to be more like you and you need to be more like me — and you were so right.”
“Thank you for giving me the greatest gifts — you, Jack and Violet,” she added of their son, 6, and daughter, 4. “We are forever.”
Ransone, who starred in multiple TV shows, including The Wire and Poker Face, as well as movies including It: Chapter Two, died by suicide on Friday, December 19.
“Holding our beloved brilliant peejo with grace gratitude and cosmic peace into this life and the next,” Poker Face star Natasha Lyonne responded in the comments. “Family forever.”
“James, who his friends called PJ, was funny, magnetic, brilliant, and endlessly alive. Above all else, he was an extraordinary father,” a friend wrote on a GoFundMe account set up for his family.
“His wife, Jamie, known by her friends as Skipper, and their children, Jack and Violet, were the center of his world,” the friend added. “They loved him infinitely, and he loved them just as fiercely in return. Their bond was deep, joyful, and unmistakable to anyone who witnessed it.”
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