(Mom) Laura Kelly And (Dad) Allwyn Kelly!

Publish date: 2024-05-03

Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter, Tori Kelly, passed out while she was having dinner with her friends in downtown Los Angeles on the night of July 23rd after saying that her heart was beating fast. She was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Hospital where is currently being treated.

While Tori’s husband, Andre Murillo, is in the hospital taking care of his wife, let’s get to know Tori’s parents up close.

Who Are Tori Kelly Parents?

30-year-old Tori Kelly first gained traction when she made it through to Hollywood Week on the 9th season of American Idol in 2010. Later, in 2015, Kelly’s debut studio album Unbreakable Smile peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States.

California native was nominated for Best New Artist at the 58th Grammy Awards. In 2018, Tori’s second studio album Hiding Place peaked at number 35 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album also received two Grammy Awards, Best Gospel Album, and Best Gospel Performance/Song.

Tori released her third studio album Inspired by True Events and fourth album A Tori Kelly Christmas in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

I Was Made For Loving You singer has always been open about the influence her parents had on her music. While promoting her first EP “Handmade Songs by Tori Kelly,” Tori opened up about her upbringing and the influence it had on her musical journey.

“My parents were always playing different styles growing up. Everything from Led Zeppelin to a lot of Lenny Kravitz, and then you got the soul stuff like Maxwell [and] Jill Scott… I give them a lot of credit for just playing all different genres, and no genre was off limits, so it’s kind of all in me somewhere,” Tori told Fuse.

Tori’s third studio album “Inspired by True Events,” which the award-winning singer herself deemed her “most vulnerable album to date”, takes its inspiration from her parent’s divorce.

Talking about the album with Forbes, Tori told that she never wanted to make “Inspired by True Events” such a personal record but it just so happened. “It wasn’t intentional… But there was just so much that went on in the last couple of years… My parents separated… At one point, but not right away, that all went into the music.”

Meet Laura Kelly, Tori Kelly Mom

Laura Kelly’s mother is Priscilla Carlson, who turned 81 years old in 2023 as per radaris.com.

On January 5, 2018, Laura took to share an old photograph, featuring herself, her mother, and probably her brother on Instagram. “Happy Birthday Mom,” she captioned the picture. On her mother’s 80th birthday, Laura made a TikTok of numerous pictures featuring Priscilla and shared them on Instagram.

Also, James C. Richards is Laura’s father.

Laura has at least two siblings, a brother, and a sister. On April 11, 2018, she wrote, “Here we are … siblings. 💕close resemblance…. right?#happynationalsiblingsday #tbt,” alongside a picture of herself, her brother, and her sister.

Born in November 1967, Laura Kelly celebrated her 55th birthday in 2022.

Laura Kelly’s ethnicity is Irish and German descent.

Coming to her job, Laura is a registered nurse. Over on A New You Aesthetics website, it says that Laura “is trained and certified in neuromodulators, fillers, PRP therapy, and the Plasma Pen.”

The website also mentions that Laura has over 29 years of nursing experience working in Nephrology. Her expertise ranges from acute and chronic hemodialysis to hypertension, and disease management.

Laura has three separate accounts on Instagram namely @theinjectorsuite, @mamakellz, & @maneofsilvers. She has 9.2 followers on her @mamakellz account, which is also her personal account. Laura also has over 20.8 thousand followers on her @thelaurakelly TikTok account.

Meet Allwyn Kelly, Tori Kelly Dad

Allwyn Kelly’s dad, also named Allwyn, passed away in January 2018. Allwyn’s sister, Leiani Kelly, wrote a heartfelt post on her father’s passing. She wrote, “This man was the epitome of what a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, son, brother, uncle, friend and Christian should be… Although we know he’s at peace, the weekly talks, his encouragement, support, and laugh will be greatly missed.”

Allwyn studied at Loma Linda University Medical Center and Brentwood High School.

While we don’t know the name of Allwyn’s mother, he posted a picture with her during the occasion of Mother’s Day on May 10, 2021.

At the time of this writing, Allwyn’s age was 57 in 2023. He celebrates his birthday on the 26th of March.

Again, Allwyn Kelly’s ethnicity is of Afro-Jamaican and Puerto Rican ancestry.

Allwyn Kelly is the proud owner of Allwyn Kelly Builders, a full-service construction company.

For over 25 years, AK Builders has been running construction projects in Southern California and beyond. They have extensive experience in successful construction projects for Civic Construction, Office, Retail, Restaurants, Wineries, Hospitality, and more.

You can find Allwyn on Instagram @allwynkelly, where he has slightly more than 4.6k followers.

Related FAQs

As we mentioned earlier in the article, Tori Kelly’s parents separated a long time ago. In 2023, Allwyn was married to Shannon Patterson, who is a Yoga Instructor at Dan Henderson’s Athletic Fitness Center according to her Facebook.

Besides the Grammy-winning singer, Tori Kelly’s parents also gave birth to a Home Loan Expert. Meet Noah Kelly, Tori’s brother, who turned 26 years old in August 2022.

Although Tori’s parents are not together, they both live in Canyon Lake, California.

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