Country musician Toby Keith died last week after a two-year battle with stomach cancer. Many people have posted touching tributes to the late singer since his death, but none quite as touching as his youngest child, son Stelen Covel.
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Covel took to Instagram to pay tribute to his father's memory.
"You are the strongest man I have ever known. A fighter. A true titan of your industry. My guiding star. My coach. My hero," he began the post. "An embodiment of the American Spirit."
"You are a man whose strength, prowess, and talent could only be trumped by his ability to be a father and husband," Covel continued. "Your impact is forever stamped on the world and on millions of people, yet not one person knew you the way I did. You were my biggest champion and the guiding light in my darkest times. The best mentor a man could ask for."
Covel's tribute continued: "The only thing I truly ever wanted in life was to make you proud. I promise I will continue to make you proud. It’s not goodbye forever; it’s just goodbye for now. I love you cowboy. "
Covel's wife, Haley Covel, commented: "Thank you for sharing him with me I love you."
"I was raised by good parents and I have great kids. They don’t have any issues at all — none," Keith said of his kids to People back in 2010. In addition to Stelen, the youngest of Keith's kids with wife Tricia Lucas, the couple share a daughter, Krystal. When Keith and Lucas married, he adopted her daughter, Shelley.
