Lee Daniels is mourning the loss of his sister Lydia, who inspired Taraji P. Henson's Empire character Loretha "Cookie" Lyon.

Lee Daniels has announced his younger sister Lydia Ruth Daniels-Rooks, who inspired the Empire character Cookie Lyon, has died. Deadline reports that Daniels posted about his sister’s death on his ...

Lee Daniels is sharing unfortunate news about the person who inspired his famous “Cookie Lyon” character off his popular 2015 music drama show, “Empire.” ...

Lee Daniels revealed that Lydia inspired the creation of the Empire's character Cookie, who is based partly on her life story.

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the character from the hit Fox series Empire, died Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2025. She was 64. Her passing was revealed in a heartfelt Instagram post by her brother, filmmaker and producer Lee Daniels.

Lee Daniels took to Instagram on Jan. 10 to pay tribute to his younger sister, Lydia Ruth Daniels-Rooks, who recently passed ...

The Oscar-nominated director paid tribute to his younger sister Lydia Ruth Daniels-Rooks on Instagram Jan. 10 Lee Daniels is mourning the death of his younger sister Lydia Ruth Daniels-Rooks. "As the ...

Lee Daniels is mourning the loss of his sister Lydia, who inspired Taraji P. Henson’s Empire character Loretha “Cookie” Lyon. In a heartfelt post on social media, Daniels paid tribute to his ...

Lee Daniels is mourning the death of his younger ... Daniels said at the time that Empire’s Cookie was based on his sister as well as his mother and grandmother. “My grandmother was a corrupt ...

“In Empire, the character of Cookie was based partly on her life. She’s left four beautiful children and five grandchildren behind. RIP Girly…I LOVE YOU FOREVER." Daniels did not specify a cause of ...