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“The Real Housewives of Atlanta” alum Kim Zolciak’s ex-boyfriend Lee “Big Poppa” Najjar has died astatine nan property of 68.
The existent property investor’s decease was confirmed by his daughter, Katelin, via her Instagram Story connected Tuesday.
She shared a video of herself and Najjar dancing successful nan car, captioning it, “I emotion you,” alongside a dove and a reddish broken-heart emoji.
Katelin paired nan clip pinch nan 2016 Dani and Lizzy track, “Dancing successful nan Sky.”
In a abstracted story, she shared a photograph of nan businessman dressed up successful a classical achromatic suit.
Najjar’s origin of decease has yet to beryllium revealed. He is survived by his wife, Kimberly, and their children, Katelin, Jeremy, Jared and Jamen.
Najjar and Zolciak, meanwhile, antecedently dated during Season 1 of “RHOA,” which aired successful 2008.
The erstwhile housewife ne'er revealed Najjar’s identity, alternatively referring to him arsenic “Big Poppa,” nan man who funded her lavish lifestyle.
At nan clip they were together, Najjar was legally joined to his woman contempt being separated.
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Leading up to nan Season 1 reunion, Zolciak shed ray connected their on-again, off-again romance, revealing they had parted ways.
“We were engaged. And he’s a awesome person,” she antecedently told People. “He’s still a portion of my mundane life astatine this point. I don’t cognize what nan early holds. I’m crazy astir him. And he’s awesome to my girls.”
“He is legally married, but he’s estranged from his wife,” nan erstwhile reality prima added, explaining that “sometimes things return a while to move forward.”
After splitting successful 2009, Zolciak and Najjar reconciled nan pursuing year, she later told nan outlet.
According to TMZ, nan Bravo alum antecedently referred to Najjar arsenic “the emotion of my life” erstwhile they collapsed up, saying, “But it’s clip for maine to move on.”
Zolciak was antecedently wed to Daniel Toce from 2001 to 2003 earlier tying nan knot again to her estranged husband, Kroy Biermann, successful 2011. The exes parted ways successful 2023.
