Lee Daniels and Taraji P. Henson as Cookie on 'Empire' Gilbert Flores / Getty Images / Chuck Hodes / Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection Lee Daniels is mourning the loss of his sister Lydia ...

Producer and director Lee Daniels shared a heartfelt post on Instagram ... the one who inspired his writing of Taraji P. Henson‘s Empire character, Loretha “Cookie” Lyon.

“In Empire, the character of Cookie was based ... Daniels did not specify a cause of death for Daniels-Rooks, who was 64. Lee Daniels/Instagram The comments underneath The Deliverance ...

Lee Daniels took to Instagram on Jan. 10 to pay ... Cookie Lyon from his hit TV show Empire. “As the fires are burning, so is my heart. My younger sister Lydia has passed. She was also my ...

Lee Daniels is mourning the death of his younger ... Daniels said at the time that Empire’s Cookie was based on his sister as well as his mother and grandmother. “My grandmother was a corrupt ...

Lee Daniels is mourning the loss of his sister Lydia, who inspired Taraji P. Henson’s Empire character Loretha “Cookie” Lyon. In a heartfelt post on social media, Daniels paid tribute to his late ...

“In Empire, the character of Cookie was based partly on her life. She’s left four beautiful children and five grandchildren behind. RIP Girly…I LOVE YOU FOREVER." Daniels did not specify a cause of ...

the character from the hit Fox series Empire, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2025. She was 64. Her passing was revealed in a heartfelt Instagram post by her brother, filmmaker and producer Lee Daniels.

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