{"id":880874,"date":"2026-09-05T11:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/880874\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:50:15","slug":"russell-howard-sons-death-comedian-devastated-after-beautiful-baby-boy-died-after-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/880874\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Howard son\u2019s death: Comedian \u2018devastated\u2019 after \u2018beautiful baby boy\u2019 died after birth"},"content":{"rendered":"

British comedian Russell Howard<\/a> has announced the passing of his baby son, Felix, in what he describes as the \u201cmost devastating time of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Howard, 46, revealed his \u201cbeautiful baby boy\u201d, who he welcomed with wife Cerys Morgan, died earlier this year just hours after being born. <\/p>\n

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Russell Howard, one of the best known stand-up comics in the UK, shared the devastating news on Saturday. \u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cEarlier this year, our family changed forever,\u201d wrote Howard in a heartbreaking statement shared online. \u201cOur beautiful baby boy, Felix, died shortly after birth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Howard and his wife had not publicly announced they were expecting their second child.<\/p>\n

The star praised the hospital staff for their \u201cextraordinary compassion, kindness and humanity\u201d during the difficult time. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey helped us navigate an unimaginable heartache and gave us support when we needed it most,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n

The stand-up comedian, who has sold out arenas worldwide, personally thanked their bereavement midwife, Lauren. <\/p>\n

He revealed their midwife had \u201cexperienced a similar tragedy\u201d after losing her own baby, inspiring her to take up the profession. <\/p>\n

\u201cHer care meant more to us than we can ever put into words,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

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Howard released a statement to his social media, sharing the devestating news.\u00a0Instagram\/@russellhoward<\/p>\n

He revealed his son was placed in a \u201ccool cot\u201d during their time in the hospital so he and his wife could \u201cspend precious hours with our beautiful boy\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe could hold him, talk to him and tell him just how much we loved him,\u201d Howard shared. <\/p>\n

In the same post, Howard announced the launch of a new foundation, The Felix Foundation, honouring their late son.<\/p>\n

The foundation hopes to help families facing the \u201csame devastating\u201d ordeals, through the training and support of midwives, resource funding, equipment, guidance and awareness of both pregnancy loss and neonatal loss. <\/p>\n

Howard has also announced a comedy fundraiser, held at The O2 in London early next year. <\/p>\n

World-renowned comedians Jimmy Carr, Guz Khan, Michael McIntyre, Aisling Bea, Greg Davies, Mo Gilligan, Michelle Wolf and John Bishop will be supporting Howard in \u201ca cause that means everything to our family\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single one of these incredible performers is giving their time completely free of charge. I will never forget their generosity.\u201d <\/p>\n

Howard and wife Cerys Morgan tied the knot in June 2019 and have been married for seven years. <\/p>\n

They welcomed their first son reportedly in May 2024. <\/p>\n

The Red Nose Grief and Loss Support Line is available 24\/7 for anyone affected by the loss of a pregnancy, stillbirth or death of a baby or child on 1300 308 307.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"British comedian Russell Howard has announced the passing of his baby son, Felix, in what he describes as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-880874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}