Beanie Feldstein and brother Jordan.Photo:Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty; DPRBeanie Feldsteinis remembering her late brotherJordan Feldsteinon what would have been his 46th birthday.Jordan, a music talent manager who worked with Maroon 5 and other artists,died Dec. 22, 2017, at age 40from a pulmonary embolism.On Monday, Beanie honored him,writing on Instagram, “happy birthday, jord. i love you so much. my biggest brother, my protector.““when he would come home from college, i was only a toddler, and i would slip Candyland under his door and wait outside for him and Dana to get up and play it with me,” theBooksmartactress recalled.Beanie, 30, wrote that “grief is unrelenting and it’s every single day, not just the birthdays and anniversaries, although they seem to sting and burn a little more fervently.““this year,volunteering with @experiencecampsfor the first time, i saw my brother in every story, every camper, every campfire,” she continued. “it’s impossible to describe how much you miss someone when they are taken from you. but jord loved kids, i know because i was his kid sister.“She concluded, “i feel proud to continue that connection in his honor every year and help grieving children across the country find a safe place to grieve. happy 46th, jord.“Last year, Feldstein toldThe Cutthat she and her other brother, actorJonah Hill, have a “very, very deep connection” after the death of their sibling.“He’s my best friend. We are very close. And we lost our brother, so we have a very, very deep connection, and he’s like one of the most important people in my whole life, and being his sister is like my greatest joy,” she said at the time.In a2019 essay forInStyle, Beanie reflected on griefand said the “pain is so unbearable at times” and “I have found the process of grief (because it is and will always be a process, never finished, never concluded) to be just as resonant in my mind as it is in my heart.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.She said she “unwillingly” found herself as a member of “a new club” she wished didn’t exist.“It is a club full of suffering and questioning but is also a community of people that have a truly broadened perspective on the human experience. And if you are also in the club,pleaseknow you are not alone, because I am also a begrudging member,” she wrote at the time. “And while I wish I could rip my grief glasses off my face and have it all be a dream, I try to recognize what the glasses have given me: that unique blend of humanity that is simultaneously the darkest dark and the brightest bright.”
Beanie Feldstein and brother Jordan.Photo:Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty; DPR
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty; DPR
Beanie Feldsteinis remembering her late brotherJordan Feldsteinon what would have been his 46th birthday.Jordan, a music talent manager who worked with Maroon 5 and other artists,died Dec. 22, 2017, at age 40from a pulmonary embolism.On Monday, Beanie honored him,writing on Instagram, “happy birthday, jord. i love you so much. my biggest brother, my protector.““when he would come home from college, i was only a toddler, and i would slip Candyland under his door and wait outside for him and Dana to get up and play it with me,” theBooksmartactress recalled.Beanie, 30, wrote that “grief is unrelenting and it’s every single day, not just the birthdays and anniversaries, although they seem to sting and burn a little more fervently.““this year,volunteering with @experiencecampsfor the first time, i saw my brother in every story, every camper, every campfire,” she continued. “it’s impossible to describe how much you miss someone when they are taken from you. but jord loved kids, i know because i was his kid sister.“She concluded, “i feel proud to continue that connection in his honor every year and help grieving children across the country find a safe place to grieve. happy 46th, jord.“Last year, Feldstein toldThe Cutthat she and her other brother, actorJonah Hill, have a “very, very deep connection” after the death of their sibling.“He’s my best friend. We are very close. And we lost our brother, so we have a very, very deep connection, and he’s like one of the most important people in my whole life, and being his sister is like my greatest joy,” she said at the time.In a2019 essay forInStyle, Beanie reflected on griefand said the “pain is so unbearable at times” and “I have found the process of grief (because it is and will always be a process, never finished, never concluded) to be just as resonant in my mind as it is in my heart.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.She said she “unwillingly” found herself as a member of “a new club” she wished didn’t exist.“It is a club full of suffering and questioning but is also a community of people that have a truly broadened perspective on the human experience. And if you are also in the club,pleaseknow you are not alone, because I am also a begrudging member,” she wrote at the time. “And while I wish I could rip my grief glasses off my face and have it all be a dream, I try to recognize what the glasses have given me: that unique blend of humanity that is simultaneously the darkest dark and the brightest bright.”
Beanie Feldsteinis remembering her late brotherJordan Feldsteinon what would have been his 46th birthday.
Jordan, a music talent manager who worked with Maroon 5 and other artists,died Dec. 22, 2017, at age 40from a pulmonary embolism.
On Monday, Beanie honored him,writing on Instagram, “happy birthday, jord. i love you so much. my biggest brother, my protector.”
“when he would come home from college, i was only a toddler, and i would slip Candyland under his door and wait outside for him and Dana to get up and play it with me,” theBooksmartactress recalled.
Beanie, 30, wrote that “grief is unrelenting and it’s every single day, not just the birthdays and anniversaries, although they seem to sting and burn a little more fervently.”
“this year,volunteering with @experiencecampsfor the first time, i saw my brother in every story, every camper, every campfire,” she continued. “it’s impossible to describe how much you miss someone when they are taken from you. but jord loved kids, i know because i was his kid sister.”
She concluded, “i feel proud to continue that connection in his honor every year and help grieving children across the country find a safe place to grieve. happy 46th, jord.”
Last year, Feldstein toldThe Cutthat she and her other brother, actorJonah Hill, have a “very, very deep connection” after the death of their sibling.
“He’s my best friend. We are very close. And we lost our brother, so we have a very, very deep connection, and he’s like one of the most important people in my whole life, and being his sister is like my greatest joy,” she said at the time.
In a2019 essay forInStyle, Beanie reflected on griefand said the “pain is so unbearable at times” and “I have found the process of grief (because it is and will always be a process, never finished, never concluded) to be just as resonant in my mind as it is in my heart.”
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
She said she “unwillingly” found herself as a member of “a new club” she wished didn’t exist.
“It is a club full of suffering and questioning but is also a community of people that have a truly broadened perspective on the human experience. And if you are also in the club,pleaseknow you are not alone, because I am also a begrudging member,” she wrote at the time. “And while I wish I could rip my grief glasses off my face and have it all be a dream, I try to recognize what the glasses have given me: that unique blend of humanity that is simultaneously the darkest dark and the brightest bright.”
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