Shortly before Kim Porter’s funeral began on Saturday,Sean “Diddy” Combshonored his ex-girlfriend with an emotional note.
“Today we lay to rest our ANGEL,” hewroteon Twitter alongside an image of Porter.
“Her spirit lives on with us FOREVER!!! We thank you all for your prayers and support. You have no idea how much it means to us. We thank GOD for all of you,” he added.
Diddy, 49, planned to deliver a eulogy during the funeral — which was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday — although he may have been too emotional to speak,TMZreported.
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Ahead of the funeral, a public viewing was held at the Charles E. Huff International Funeral Home.
Shortly before Diddy was seen attending a viewing on Friday, the music mogulshared a prayerthat he hoped would be helpful to anyone going through a dark period.
“This is a prayer I said like a year ago. God help us. Love to all,” he wrote alongside the video clip.
Kim Porter with Sean “Diddy” Combs and their children.Charley Gallay/Getty Images
In a statement released to theAssociated Presson Friday, Porter’s family remembered her as “a loving mother and devoted friend.”
Insiders previously told PEOPLE that Combs held a memorial for Porter on Nov. 18 at his home in Bel Air. Among the 100 guests present wereKim Kardashian West,Mary J. Blige,French MontanaandKourtney Kardashian.
“He is very involved in making arrangements for Kim,” the insider continued. “He wants it all to be very special.”
Porter was found dead in her home on Nov. 15 at the age of 47. As of Monday, hercause of death remained unknownfollowing the completion of an autopsy.
On Nov. 15, officers were alerted after a woman was found unresponsive in Toluca Lake, California. She was declared dead at 11:40 a.m. local time. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Porter’s deathin a statement.
Combsbroke his silenceon Nov. 17,writing on Instagram, “For the last three days I’ve been trying to wake up out of this nightmare. But I haven’t.”
He later posted a slideshow of pictures of time he spent with Porter and their brood. “I’ll raise our family just like you taught me to. Love you forever!!!!” he said. “I CANT BELIEVE THIS S—!!!!!! F—!!!!!! Smfh.”
The couple, who began dating in the ’90s, had three children together throughout their on-and-off-again relationship: son Christian and 11-year-old twin daughters D’Lila Star and Jessie James. Additionally, Combs raised Porter’s eldest child Quincy and considers him a son.
Porter and Combs broke up in 1999 and battled in court over child support for Christian; Combs also datedJennifer Lopezfor two years before he and Porter reconciled in 2003. They split for the final time in 2007.
Combs is also the father of two additional children — son Justin, 24, and daughter Chance, 12 — whom he shares with exes Misa Hylton-Brim and Sarah Chapman, respectively.
source: people.com
