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My godson, Archie, had passed away in June 2024 from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome at just three months of age.
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Tom Ward, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
Kirkland is survived by her godson Coty Galloway (Bailey); close friends Paige Dylan, Mel England, Leigh Taylor Young, Xaque Gruber and Maggie Wagner; manager Valerie McCaffery and agent Greene; and cousins Brookie, Katherine and Tina Kirkland.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
Bonhoeffer, with his immense capacity for empathy, worried about how his nephew, who was also his godson, was faring under these circumstances.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Then a family rift prompted his godson to move out of the house.
—Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
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Tom Ward, Outside, 17 Nov. 2025
Kirkland is survived by her godson Coty Galloway (Bailey); close friends Paige Dylan, Mel England, Leigh Taylor Young, Xaque Gruber and Maggie Wagner; manager Valerie McCaffery and agent Greene; and cousins Brookie, Katherine and Tina Kirkland.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
Bonhoeffer, with his immense capacity for empathy, worried about how his nephew, who was also his godson, was faring under these circumstances.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
Then a family rift prompted his godson to move out of the house.
—Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Godson.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godson. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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godson
noun
god·son
-ˌsən 
: a male person for whom another person acts as sponsor at baptism
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