{"id":75678,"date":"2025-12-24T17:59:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/former-the-lion-king-star-imani-dia-smith-dies-at-25-boyfriend-charged-with-murder\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T17:59:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:59:12","slug":"former-the-lion-king-star-imani-dia-smith-dies-at-25-boyfriend-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/former-the-lion-king-star-imani-dia-smith-dies-at-25-boyfriend-charged-with-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Former &#8216;The Lion King&#8217; Star Imani Dia Smith Dies at 25, Boyfriend Charged with Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__heading\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>Former Broadway actress Imani Dia Smith died on Sunday, Dec. 21 in Edison, N.J. after she was allegedly stabbed<\/li>\n<li>Smith, who appeared in <em>The Lion King<\/em> on Broadway as young Nala, leaves behind a 3-year-old son, according to a GoFundMe page set up in her name by an aunt<\/li>\n<li>The GoFundMe page has raised more than $46,000 in funds for Smith&#8217;s family<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Imani Dia Smith, a former Broadway child actress who starred in <em>The Lion King<\/em>, has died. She was 25.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Smith was found with stab wounds in a residence in Edison, N.J. on Sunday, Dec. 21 after someone reported a stabbing in a 911 call. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.middlesexcountynj.gov\/Home\/Components\/News\/News\/1874\/736\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">press release<\/a> issued on Dec. 23 by prosecutors, Smith was pronounced dead after she was transported to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Her boyfriend, Jordan D. Jackson-Small, 35, was arrested and accused of murder on Dec. 23, according to Middlesex County, New Jersey, prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Edison Police Department chief Thomas Bryan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> He was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;She leaves behind a 3-year-old son, her parents, her two younger siblings, and an extended family, friends, and community who loved her so very much,&#8221; Smith&#8217;s aunt Kira Helper wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-the-helper-family-after-the-tragic-loss-of-imani-dia?attribution_id=sl%3A562fc8be-1f68-4c6d-8ff3-f7be4f9d2613&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1766418694&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_tb&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">GoFundMe<\/a> she set up on behalf of the family.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> She wrote that funds raised via GoFundMe will go toward funeral and memorial expenses, crime scene cleanup at Smith&#8217;s home, trauma therapy for her family, legal and administrative costs related to the criminal proceedings in her death and care for Smith&#8217;s son and dog.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_14-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Imani Dia Smith, via GoFundMe.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>GoFundMe<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Imani had her whole life ahead of her. She was a vivacious, loving and fiercely talented person. A true triple-threat performer, she most notably played the role of Young Nala on Broadway in Disney\u2019s <em>Lion King<\/em> \u2014 an experience that reflected the joy, creativity, and light she put into the world,&#8221; the GoFundMe page reads. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/article\/former-the-lion-king-child-star-imani-dia-smith-has-died-at-25\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Playbill<\/a>, Smith appeared in <em>The Lion King<\/em> between 2011 and 2012.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The GoFundMe page noted that Smith&#8217;s mother Monique works as a hairdresser for Broadway and television and film productions. Monique&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm11781207\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_0_nm_1_in_0_q_monique%2520rance%2520helper\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">IMDb page<\/a> shows she has worked on more than 25 movies and television shows as a hairstylist since 2010, including this year&#8217;s <em>The Housemaid<\/em> and 2022&#8217;s <em>Smile.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme figure-portrait figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-text\">Imani Dia Smith, via GoFundMe.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>GoFundMe<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_26-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> As of Wednesday, Dec. 24, the GoFundMe page set up in Smith&#8217;s name has raised more than $46,000 from 609 donations and is aiming to raise $55,000 for her family.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_28-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Our hope is that these funds will give Imani\u2019s parents the ability to focus on what matters most: grieving their daughter, caring for their grandson, and helping their children begin to heal \u2014 without the added fear of financial instability,&#8221; 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