By Panama Jackson, The Grio | Sacha Jenkins’ family shared a heartfelt and emotional recounting of his final days with them on social media. Jenkins, a renowned storyteller, passed away on May 23. Sacha Jenkins, the writer, author, musician, documentarian, filmmaker (and so much more) passed away on Friday, May 23; he was 54. Known especially in the hip-hop world for his expansive contributions in nearly every facet of documenting and archiving the culture, Jenkins legacy through storytelling will live on in eternity. According to his family, he passed from multiple system atrophy.
His wife Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins, shared a moving and heartfelt carousel of slides on Instagram, both with pictures and documenting (a bit) of his final days. A few excerpts are shared here.
“Friday greeted us like most mornings over the last couple of months; Sacha, in bed, his head slightly tilted to the left, eyes shut, barely moving. He would purse them tightly, which gave away that he was pretending, yet again, to be asleep—or, to keep it 100—dead. He would peek as I held my hand over my chest and began raising my voice, ‘Man, don’t play with me,’ and he’d respond, grinning, “I’m still here, maybe tomorrow?’ I’d mess with him by smiling as I hummed Paul Simon’s ‘50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,’ while helping him do whatever he needed me to do to get by that day.
Sacha was suffering from an excruciating battle with Multiple Systems Atrophy, or MSA. . . .
> > > > > > > > Read more about Mr. Jenkins here:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/sacha-jenkins-noted-filmmaker-and-journalist-passes-away-at-54-from-multiple-system-atrophy/