Jeffrey Steele at the Pheasant Run Mega Center, St. Charles, Ill, on February 28, 2009, during the Country’s Hottest Party concert. Steele has "ALEX" tattooed into his right hand.
PEOPLE Magazine writer Eileen Fisher in a heartbreaking interview with Steele and his family details how they are coping with the loss of Steele’s 13-year-old son to a tragic ATV accident. Alex, Steele’s son, who had been wearing a helmet, lost control and was thrown off his vehicle, fatally tearing his aorta in the fall.
“The irony is that he had the biggest heart,” said Steele, “I’ll have a day where I’m great, but then I’m shot with an arrow with some insignificant memory – the smirk on his face, the way he hugged me – that makes you cry. It’s like I’m walking with an anchor dragging behind me for the rest of my life.”
“Living without Alex” is part of PEOPLE’s Magazine June “Country Special” issue on newsstands now. The all-things country issue also highlights some of Country Music hottest guys, goes backstage of the ACM Awards and the ACM George Strait Artist of the Decade Tribute that will air on May 27 and tons of other great country music features. Be sure to pick up your copy today.
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