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Grimes and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way pay tribute to former manager Lauren Valencia

12 July 2019, 10:51 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

Grimes and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance have shared heartfelt messages following the passing of their former manager, Lauren Valencia.

Lauren Valencia passed away after battling cancer.

According to NME, Valencia was Grimes' manager from 2012, when she joined Roc Nation. Grimes shared an emotional tribute message, revealing, "I think the Gods just wanted you back", before calling Valencia "the best manager a girl could ask for."

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Lauren forever

A post shared by MISS ANTHROPOCENE (@grimes) on Jul 11, 2019 at 5:54pm PDT

Gerard Way, the former vocalist of My Chemical Romance, was also close to Valencia. In Way's tribute post, he wrote, "You were a light that kept me going when times were really hard. You were there for every show, every shuttle ride, every early morning flight and lobby call, every walk around a city, and every moment that I struggled with being on a long and sometimes hard to process journey."

He goes on to write, "You were my friend, but you will always be my sister. The world is dimmer today, but I will always have your light to get me through."

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A post shared by Gerard Way (@gerardway) on Jul 11, 2019 at 12:12pm PDT

Grimes announced her first album in four years, Miss_Anthropocene back in March.
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