Princewill Pius
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has five other children from his marriage to first wife Justine Wilson, whom he very publicly divorced in 2008. They married in 2000 and had their first son, Nevada, in 2002. Sadly, he died at just 10 weeks after succumbing to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Then, they had twins and triplets afterwards. The twins, Griffin and Xavier, were born in 2004, per Made for Mums, and the triplets in 2006, named Kai, Saxon, and Damian. It’s really quite a brood.
In September 2010, Wilson penned an essay for Marie Claire about her relationship with Musk and her children. She wrote that Nevada died in her arms the very same week that eBay bought PayPal, which Musk co-founded. “The same week, Nevada went down for a nap, placed on his back as always, and stopped breathing …By the time the paramedics resuscitated him, he had been deprived of oxygen for so long that he was brain-dead. He spent 3 days on life support in a hospital in Orange County before we made the decision to take him off it.”
She added that it took a toll on their marriage. “Elon made it clear that he did not want to talk about Nevada’s death. I didn’t understand this, just as he didn’t understand why I grieved openly, which he regarded as ’emotionally manipulative.”
Written by: Nicki
