Jamie Foxx remembers his late sister on World Down Syndrome day

Months after she passed on, American actor, Jamie Foxx is remembering his late sister, Deondra Dixon today.

Dixon, who is the actor’s younger sister, died in October 2020 at the age of 36.

On World Down Syndrome Day, Foxx shared a photo of his sister in Instagram and paid tribute to her.

Read his post below.

According to a tribute from the Global Down Syndrome Foundation posted Saturday, Dixon died on Oct. 19 at the age of 36. She was a global ambassador for the organization and the first recipient of the foundation’s highest honor, the Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award.

Foxx, 52, shared the news of his sister’s death, writing that his heart is “shattered into a million pieces.”

“My beautiful loving sister Deondra has transitioned,” he wrote, captioning an album of photos of Dixon through the years. “I say transitioned because she will always be alive…”

Foxx described his sister as a “bright light” who always livened up the dance floor. She even made an appearance dancing in Foxx’s 2009 music video for “Blame It,” featuring T-Pain.