‘A heart for our little Arthur’: Nick Cave’s wife Susie shares a poignant tribute to her late son as his twin Earl celebrates his 20th birthday
Nick Cave’s wife Susie has shared a poignant tribute to her late son Arthur on what would have been his 20th birthday on Tuesday.
Arthur, whose twin Earl celebrated his milestone birthday with his family, fell off a cliff near their Brighton home after taking LSD in 2015.
The actress-turned-fashion designer, 53, took to Instagram to share photos of the bittersweet festivities.
Bittersweet: Nick Cave and his wife Susie shared a touching tribute to their late son Arthur on what would have been his 20th birthday on Tuesday
Susie hung up a pink heart-shaped balloon in Arthur’s honour at the party.
She captioned the touching snap: ‘A birthday heart for our little Arthur.’
The wife of the Australian singer/songwriter also showed a room replete with balloons, cards, cake and flowers for Earl.
Never forgotten: The singer/songwriter and his fashion designer wife blew up a pink heart-shaped balloon to remember their son
Tragic: Arthur was just 15 when fell to his death on a Brighton cliff after ‘freaking out’ during an LSD session with a friend
Celebrations: Arthur’s twin Earl marked his milestone birthday with cake, flowers and animal balloons
She wrote: ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARLING EARLY.’
Nick and Susie Bick married in 1999 and welcomed fraternal twin sons Arthur and Earl the following year.
Arthur was just 15 when fell to his death after ‘freaking out’ during an LSD session with a friend.
The teenager stumbled off a 60ft cliff into the sheer Ovingdean Gap near Brighton in July 2015.
Moving on: Arthur’s twin brother Earl (right) is now an actor, who has starred in Channel 4 mini series Born to Kill and Netflix’s The End of the F**king World
The Cave family: Nick and his wife Susie Bick (pictured) married in 1999 and welcomed sons Arthur (left) and Earl (right) the following year
Nick’s most recent album Ghosteen, released in October, was written in the aftermath of the tragedy and explores the singer’s grief.
Earl is now an actor who has starred in Channel 4 mini series Born to Kill, Netflix’s The End of the F**king World and the new Alex Rider series.
Susie, who used to be a model, revealed she has now learned to value the ‘happy moments’, after having therapy to help with the grief following the death of her son.
In an interview with The Telegraph, the Cheshire native also described how she found that she ‘loved being a mother more than anything’ when bringing up her twins.
Susie detailed how the strength of her relationship with Nick has helped her following the loss of Arthur.
‘We’re together all the time except when Nick’s on tour – and then we speak about four times a day. I swear we never argue,’ she said.
‘He’s a very easy person to get on with: wonderful, generous, kind. If one of us isn’t feeling so good, we’ll prop up the other. We really don’t want the other one to fall.’
She said that therapy has also helped, explaining how she has to do things ‘that make me physically strong’.
Inspiration: Nick Cave’s most recent album Ghosteen, his first to be completely written after his son Arthur’s death, is an account of his grief