Demi Lovato's Baby Niece Dies Following Emergency C-Section: 'Grateful I Got to Hold You'

Mar. 15, 2025

Demi Lovato (right) and her sister Madison De La Garza.Photo:Demi Lovato/Instagram

Demi Lovato/Instagram

On Saturday, Oct. 26, Madison wrote in an Instagram post that her and boyfriend Ryan Mitchell’s first child died after she underwent an emergency C-section on Sept. 27.

“On the evening of September 27th, after an emergency c-section, Ryan and I held our little girl for the first and last time,” the 22-year-old wrote in the post. “Thank you, Xiomara, for making us parents to the most perfect angel in heaven. Mommy and Daddy love you sweet girl.”

In a comment on Madison’s post, theCamp Rockstar wrote: “I love you so much Xiomara. An angel in every sense of the word. I’ll be your auntie forever. 💔.”

Additionally, in an Instagram Stories post, Demi added, “RIP to my beautiful, perfect niece Xiomara. I’m so grateful I got to hold you. I’lI forever be your auntie.” She tagged Madison and wrote to her: “I love you so much.”

From left: Patrick Lovato, Demi Lovato, Dallas Lovato, Madison De La Garza and Dianna De La Garza in 2018.Brandon Williams/Getty

Brandon Williams/Getty

“Not a single day will pass without you in our hearts. I wish we got more time together before you had to depart. So have fun in your new world, the one we cannot see. Because every breath I take, I’ll be taking one for z ♥️,” she concluded.

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Madison went public with her romance with Mitchell earlier this summer, writing “My whole world♥️,” in the caption of a photo shared on her Instagram on June 13.

source: people.com