Personal Life
On December 24, 2005, her 21-year-old son Patrick Parker was shot and killed after a dispute at a Christmas party in Opa-locka, a Miami suburb. Wright's mother Rosa passed away in September 2010 at the age of 85.
Wright currently resides in her hometown of Miami.
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