American actress and former talk show host Stacey Lauretta Dash is one of the most recognized faces in the film industry. She is best known for her role as Dionne in the 1995 hit comedy Clueless. She has appeared in films including Moving, Mo’ Money, Renaissance Man, and View from the Top. Other television work by Stacey includes appearances in the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Single Ladies, and the reality TV show Celebrity Circus.
Who Are Stacey Dash’s Parents?
Born and raised in the South Bronx, New York, of African-American and Mexican descent, Stacey was born on January 20, 1967. She has a brother, Darien Dash who is the founder of DME Interactive, the first publicly traded African-American-led website company. Stacey is the daughter of Linda Dash and Dennis Dash.
My mother and I in better times. Thank you all for your condolences. Stacey. pic.twitter.com/aAkv5NrdQM
— Stacey DASH (@staceydash) December 5, 2017Stacey Dash’s mother, Linda Dash was a Businesswoman
Stacey Dash’s mother, Linda Dash (née Lopez) was a businesswoman of Mexican descent. Her father Dennis Dash is of African-American descent. There isn’t much information about Linda and Dennis available on the internet because they lived a private life and kept their details away from the public domain.
However, Linda Dash and Dennis Dash reportedly got divorced when their daughter Stacy was at the age of thirteen. Linda remarried. She married Cecil Holmes, who is the co-founder of Casablanca Records. Both Linda and Dennis were drug addicts according to their daughter Stacey Dash.
Stacey revealed that her mother gave her her first line of cocaine when she was just 16 years old. Stacey had a rough childhood growing up. Her home was unstable and her father was a heroin addict. Because of her parent’s addiction, Stacey didn’t have a healthy family environment. She reportedly had to stay with other families.
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Sources claim there was an incident where Stacey threw her father Dennis Dash’s drug kit into the woods behind her grandparent’s house and Dennis was very angry when he found out about it and beat young Stacey, forcing her to bring the kit back. Stacey didn’t have a good relationship with her parents.
Stacey Dash’s father Dennis Dash died of Addiction
Stacey Dash reconciled with her father Dennis before he took his last breath. Dennis died from a long struggle with addiction. Her father’s demise made her angry and sad. She said she wasn’t happy her father chose drugs over her. She said she had forgiven him. She also reconciled with her mom Linda Dash who died in November 2017. Stacey was grateful she forgave her parents.
“The greatest blessing is that not only have I been able to be honest with myself and become a better person,” Stacey said, “I’ve been able to understand my parents and that they did love me, and that they were doing the best they could and they were just sick. They were addicted.”
According to Stacey Dash’s official website, ‘In my life, I’ve made many mistakes. A daughter of addicts, I grew up in the South Bronx – the furthest imaginable place from the glamor of Hollywood. Here it was easier to be mad than sad. My anger might have kept me alive, but I remained angry for over 45 years. I have come to realize that being angry is not sustainable. It is not the way forward.
I am here to share my story and what I’ve learned in the face of great loss, adversity and being a public outcast. I now know how to deal with my demons and mistakes. I have a greater understanding of what it takes to come through the darkness, and that is with courage, humility and surrender, which has brought me to a place of love and grace.’
Stacey Dash has also suffered from addiction herself. She spoke about her battle with addiction and her road to recovery. She opened up about her Vicodin addiction on The Dr. Oz Show, stating that she was five years sober. It was during the show that she revealed her parents were addicted to drugs.
It was revealed that Stacey Dash first tried drugs when she was just 8 years old. She said that, when she was 16, her mother gave her her first line of cocaine. She added that she was molested when she was 4 years old.
“I didn’t really remember until I was 17 when I tried to kill myself,” Stacey said. “It was at that time that I remembered that that happened to me, and I had already been very angry. I was a very angry, angry teenager. I became angry at I’d say around the age of 10 or 11, which is when my mother finally left my father.
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Even though my home was unstable and my father was a heroin addict, I knew he loved me. He just couldn’t beat it. He couldn’t overcome the addiction.”
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