Riley Keough received the worst news a sibling can get in July 2020.
Her little brother, Benjamin Keough, had taken his own life at the young age of 27.
In a 2023 cover story withVanity Fair, Riley shared that her child’s name is Tupelo Storm Smith-Petersen.
The baby’s middle name is actually the same middle name as her late uncle’s.
This simple yet powerful decision is a beautiful way to honor Riley’s brother.
“Then when the ‘Elvis’ movie came out, it was like, Tupelo this and Tupelo that.
I was like, ‘Oh, no.’
But it’s fine.”
“We are taught that [death is] a morbid subject to talk about.
Though she and her sibling were only three years apart, Riley thought of him as her twin.
“We were very connected and very similar.
On one of thoseposts, Riley said, “This world is strange without you.”
On anotherInstagram, she wrote how she misses him eternally.
At least her brother’s memory will live on through her daughter.
