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"The show must go on, albeit, without Usher.\r\nThe Grammy-winning singer will no longer be presenting at Wednesday night&amp;apos;s 2012 ESPY Awards in L.A., a rep for ESPN confirms to Us Weekly.\r\nIt comes as no surprise that the singer, 33, is laying low in light of his family&amp;apos;s recent tragedy: his stepson, Kile Glover, was declared brain dead after a tragic jet ski accident on Friday. (Usher was married to Kile&amp;apos;s mom, Tameka Foster, from 2007 through 2009. They were engaged in a heated custody battle over their sons Usher Raymond V, 4, and Naviyd, 3, prior to the tragedy.)\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;He grew close to Kile and, of course, that has nothing to do with the situation with Tameka,&amp;quot; a source tells Us. &amp;quot;He loved Kile. This is a terrible, awful tragedy. Usher is torn up.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nGlover, 11, was struck in the head by a passing jet ski on Friday afternoon while riding an inner tube with an unidentified 15-year-old girl on Lake Lanier in Atlanta, GA. The two were air-lifted to the Children&amp;apos;s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston where the girl was treated for a broken arm and laceration on her forehead; Glover registered no brain activity.\r\n\r\nOn Wednesday, ABC news reported that the driver of the personal watercraft, family friend Jeffrey S. Hubbard, 38, is under investigation."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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