Lenny Kravitz, born in 1964, is the only child of actress Roxie Roker, better known for her role as Helen Willis on the '70s series "The Jeffersons," and Sy Kravitz, an army veteran, and television producer.

But in a superficial world, she was the star, and he was not. "Things got difficult for Sy when his younger brother Leonard—after whom Lenny is named—followed him into the military and was killed on the line of duty.Lenny Kravitz and his father Sy Kravitz at the surprise 80th birthday party for legendary musician Bobby Short, September 12, 2004 | Photo: GettyImagesThe happy blended family recently reunited in Paris to celebrate Zoë's wedding to Karl Glusman, and Kravitz regretfully said that the occasion was bittersweet because his mom wasn't there to see Zoë walk down the aisle.Jason Momoa, Lisa Bonet, Lenny Kravitz and Zoe Kravitz at Entertainment Weekly's Party to Celebrate the Best Director Oscar Nominees held at Chateau Marmont on February 25, 2010 | Photo: GettyImagesIt was only after Lenny was born and named after his deceased uncle that Sy's family came around. Guests, many of … “There was no real conversation, not between her father and I.

I was running around the world, touring, man … I had to make some lifestyle changes.”The young Kravitz told the 2020 Television Critics Association winter press tour that she remembers her mom going to shoot the film, but it was in Chicago and she stayed behind in L.A. because she was in school.“There was a whole seduction to a life outside of living in the mountains, with just a monitor and a VCR, compared to screens in every room and private chefs and a big house,” said Bonet.

Long before Lenny Kravitz was a rockstar, he was already touched by fame. The Official Website of Lenny Kravitz. She was the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and the grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz. Plus, Lenny explains how he got his name and why his father often shut down emotionally. | Photo: Wikimedia Commons Images"I could understand what it was with other women because he felt he needed to be The Man. But when Zoe was 11, she moved across the country to live with her father, Lenny, in Miami.“I just wanted to feel normal and the way my mother was raising me felt very abnormal, even though looking back, it was the coolest,” she said.Lenny added, “It really helped me to focus my life. Roxie Albertha Roker (August 28, 1929 – December 2, 1995) was an American actress who portrayed Helen Willis on the CBS sitcom The Jeffersons (1975–1985), half of the first interracial couple to be shown on regular prime time television. American singer Leonard Albert Kravitz, also known as Lenny Kravitz was born to parents actress Roxie Roker and Sy Kravitz. "The minute the son showed up, and his name was Leonard, everybody ran," Kravitz said. Although he already was the man, and my mother treated him as the man. Guests were spotted arriving Saturday to her father Lenny Kravitz’s home in Paris for the 30-year-old actress’s wedding to actor Karl Glusman. Not even to his son. Bonet was married to singer Lenny Kravitz from 1987 to 1993 and their daughter, Zoe, was born in 1988, making her not even 11 years old when her mom filmed High Fidelity. Through his mother, Kravitz is a second cousin of television weather presenter Al Rokeras their grandfathers were bro… She needed to find out who her father was, and that was the way.”“I probably stayed with my grandmother or something,” said Kravitz. Kravitz described his mother as an "extremely warm" and "incredibly loving woman" who put other people first and was very kind.However, although Lenny had the fame of being a lothario back in his early rock-star days, he never cheated on his ex-wife, Lisa Bonet, with whom he shares daughter Zoë Kravitz.oxie Roker, best known for her role as Helen Willis in the television program The Jeffersons. But she did discover the movie when she got older and became a big fan of it.Zoe revealed that she liked the way Lenny’s house felt “normal” because he had things like Pop-Tarts and cable TV. "Lenny Kravitz with his mother, actress Roxie Roker, 1995 | Photo: GettyImagesLisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz attend Saint Laurent at the Palladium on February 10, 2016 | Photo: GettyImagesSy Kravitz went to the army at 18.
His father descended from Russian and Ukrainian Jews, with one of his great-grandfathers hailing from Kiev. His mother came from a Christian family of African-American and Bahamian descent.

Watch as the musician talks about his parents, Roxie Roker, who starred on The Jeffersons, and NBC News producer Sy Kravitz. The album Raise Vibration is available now. He was a Green Beret and a Sargeant and fought in Korea, which is why he thought he had to be a tough person, according to his son.Unlike his parents, Lenny and Lisa Bonet worked hard to have a friendly relationship even after their divorce, and to this day, they are still best friends.He recalled how Roker was raised in a supportive and loving environment, so she had a great sense of family by the time she started hers, and also how her friends respected her opinion because she was very fair.However, those circumstances marked Sy forever, and he became a cold man that wasn't able to express his sensitivities.

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