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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rihanna's father Ron Fenty dead at 70
Rihanna's father, Ronald Fenty, has died. He was 70. According to Starcom Network, Fenty died in Los Angeles following "a brief illness". His official cause of death has yet to be revealed. Sources told the Barbadian news outlet that Fenty's family was with him around the time of his death. Rihanna - who is currently pregnant with her third baby - was born to Fenty and mother Monica Braithwaite in February 1988. Along with brothers Rajad and Rorrey, Rihanna also has three half-siblings from her father's previous relationships - sisters Samantha and Kandy, and brother Jamie. The family grew up in Bridgetown in Barbados, where Rihanna lived until she was 16. The pair divorced in 2002, when the Umbrella singer was 14. Rihanna's relationship with her father has had its ups and downs over the years. After the star was assaulted by her then-boyfriend Chris Brown in 2009, Fenty reportedly spoke to the press about the incident without his daughter's consent. A year later, Rihanna revealed to Oprah that she had "repaired" her relationship with Fenty, but then in 2019 she sued him for allegedly exploiting her name for financial gain. She filed to dismiss the lawsuit three weeks before it went to court, according to the BBC.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rihanna's Dad Ronald Fenty Dead at 70
Originally appeared on E! Online Rihanna and her family are in mourning. The pregnant "Diamonds" singer's dad Ronald Fenty has died, multiple outlets reported May 31. He was 70. While the cause of his death was not made public, he had recently battled an illness, the reports said. Sources close to the Fentys told Starcom Network News, which is based in their home country of Barbados, that family members gathered in California before Ronald passed away in the early hours of the morning. News of his death comes days after Rihanna's brother Rajad Fenty was photographed arriving at a Los Angeles hospital, reportedly with the Grammy winner in the car, TMZ reported. In addition to the two, Ronald is also survived by the siblings' mom, his ex Monica Braithwaite, and the former couple's other son together, Rorrey Fenty, 35, as well as the patriarch's three kids Samantha Fenty, Kandy Fenty and Jamie Fenty from past relationships. More from E! Online Robin Thicke Marries April Love Geary in Star-Studded Ceremony Machine Gun Kelly's New Photo With His and Megan Fox's Baby Girl Deserves All the Flowers Sydney Sweeney Breaks Silence on Jonathan Davino Breakup Rihanna— who is expecting her third baby with A$AP Rocky—was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty to Ronald and mom Monica Braithwaite in 1988. The 37-year-old's parents had divorced in 2002 when she was 14—two years before she moved from their hometown of Bridgetown, Barbados to the United States. The Fenty Beauty founder said her family "broke up" because of her dad's struggles with addiction, and it took a while for her and her father to move past that. "I repaired my relationship with my dad," Rihanna tearfully told Oprah Winfrey in a 2012 interview, "I was so angry at him. I was just angry about a lot of things from my childhood and I couldn't separate him as a husband from him as a father." Rihanna said she came to realize that he was "probably one of the best fathers in the world." "He taught me everything," she said. "And as awful as he was to my mom at times, it didn't compare to how great he was as a father. And I had to come to terms with that. And I was able to close that gap with him." Years later, the two became involved in a legal dispute. Rihanna sued her father in 2019 for false advertising, false designation of origin and invasion of privacy—false light publicity. In the lawsuit, obtained by E! News, she alleged that Ronald and his business partner "egregiously and fraudulently misrepresented to third parties and the public" that their company, Fenty Entertainment, was affiliated with her and had the authority to act on her behalf. In 2021, Rihanna filed to dismiss the lawsuit, the BBC reported. For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
ABC News
26-05-2025
- Business
- ABC News
Agritourism booms in WA as farmers look to future-proof businesses
Agritourism is helping farmers in southern Western Australia future-proof their businesses and legacies as experts predict the sector will continue to boom. The CSIRO estimates the industry, which involves farmers using a combination of tours, accommodation and hospitality to attract guests, will be worth $18.6 billion by 2030. Raquel and Murray Johnson have been leasing part of their regenerative farm, Galloway Springs at Bridgetown, to the third-party owner of a tiny house for more than two years. "Agritourism has been a really positive shift for our farm," Ms Johnson said. "I was reluctant in the beginning to have people come on our farm, but it's proved to be so positive. "We started off with just some bookings and two years later we're back-to-back pretty much all of the year." Ms Johnson said since they started leasing the land the couple's agritourism operations had expanded. A separate farmstay offering was added and they were considering the addition of a second tiny house. "We've had visitors straight from South Korea and from Singapore," Ms Johnson said. The farm was also diversifying its income streams via other regenerative practices. "I do my own farm tours, so that's exactly why they're booking — to get onto farm and to see farm animals," Ms Johnson said. "I get the opportunity to explain farming to them and … why healthy food matters and why supporting farmers locally or directly is really important." Olio Bello general manager Brett Roberts said his olive farm's expansion into agritourism had been a "holistic" process. He said the shift, which began seven years ago, had helped to create connections with prospective customers. "We're a certified organic property, so with that comes costs," Mr Roberts said. "Tourism plays a major part in getting people to the property and — if they like our products and like our story and understand what we're about — it helps in the way we sell them." Mr Roberts believed the marriage of farming and tourism was essential for his business. "Without the tourism experiences, people wouldn't come to Olio Bello," he said. "So they do piggyback each other, but if we didn't have the farm, then we wouldn't have the tourism facilities here. "While they rely on each other, we didn't start out to be a tourist destination — it was a way for us to get our story out." A study led by University of Western Australia Associate Professor Kirsten Martinus identified location, authenticity, interaction and learning as key areas of importance for agritourism operations. She also highlighted the need to reframe competition as collaboration. "If you're in agriculture, agriculture itself is quite difficult financially," Dr Martinus said. "It's also highly competitive, but the question is, should you be competing or should providers be collaborating?" She said WA winemakers had shown the way in working collaboratively. "Places like wine-growing regions have been really good at this, because it's not just about going to buy the wine," Dr Martinus said. "They've got chocolate, they've got cheese — you've got all sorts of other experiences you can have. "You start to broaden out the cohort that might be interested. "If you can collaborate with others … suddenly, you grow your market."
