{"id":746277,"date":"2026-06-19T02:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/746277\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T02:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:08:13","slug":"oliver-trees-mom-honors-son-with-emotional-tribute-after-his-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/746277\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Tree&#8217;s Mom Honors Son With Emotional Tribute After His Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Oliver Tree&#8217;s Mom<br \/>\n                          Pays Tribute Following Fatal Helicopter Crash<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              June 18, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:00 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  June 18, 2026<br \/>\n                                6:03 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260618_302bb5e62ac94aad96ca0e510200f04c\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dbfd1042-54d8-4bd3-bdcd-5b7840571355\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/302bb5e62ac94aad96ca0e510200f04c_md.png\" alt=\"main oliver tree getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/oliver-tree\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oliver Tree<\/a>&#8216;s mom is remembering her son with a heartbreaking tribute following his tragic death in a helicopter crash.<\/p>\n<p>Christine Begin Nickell took to Facebook on Thursday to share an emotional message, writing, &#8220;Our dear son Oliver, you made this world a better place. We are so proud of you. RIP,&#8221; followed by three heart emojis.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260618_6a1ab58999d843699f055f0602eabdb2\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dbfd1042-54d8-4bd3-bdcd-5b7840571355\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a1ab58999d843699f055f0602eabdb2_md.png\" alt=\"sub oliver tree mom Christine Begin Nickell facebook\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oliver&#8217;s mom accompanied the post with a photo of him from his younger years, offering a glimpse of her son as loved ones continue to mourn his loss.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260614_335b138ba6464aef90e6037d8bd87031\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dbfd1042-54d8-4bd3-bdcd-5b7840571355\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/335b138ba6464aef90e6037d8bd87031_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-Oliver-Tree-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The grieving mother also responded to one condolence message left on the post, writing, &#8220;Thank you for such sweet sentiments Pam. It means a lot to us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The touching tribute comes days after Oliver was killed in a tragic helicopter crash in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/5b37015d00f04ba98cf6b0c3d6f341e9_md.png\" alt=\"061526 oliver tree crash broll kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As we reported &#8230; Oliver was among six people who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/14\/oliver-tree-dead\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">died<\/a> Sunday when two helicopters collided mid-air over southwest Rio de Janeiro. The aircraft burst into flames before crashing into an electric vehicle yard below, leaving no survivors.<\/p>\n<p>The other victims were identified as YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gaspi\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gaspi<\/a>, Lucas Brito Chaves, Lucas Vignale, and the pilots of the two helicopters, Alexandre Souza and Charles Marsillac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oliver Tree&#8217;s Mom Pays Tribute Following Fatal Helicopter Crash Published June 18, 2026 5:00 PM PDT | Updated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-746277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}