At the memorial for the singer over the weekend in Santa Cruz, Christine Nickell also joked that she texted her son the day before the helicopter crash to check on him quitting smoking.
Oliver Tree
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Oliver Tree‘s mother shared a touching final message from her son at a memorial for the beloved, eccentric singer in Santa Cruz, Calif. over the weekend. Christine Nickell told the audience about the last conversation she had with Tree (born Oliver Tree Nickell), who died in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 14 at 32.
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