Haunting final text Disney exec Dave Hollis sent his ex-girlfriend before his cocaine-induced death

The ex-girlfriend of the precocious Disney enforcement Dave Hollis has revealed the haunting last substance helium sent her earlier his cocaine-induced death.

The 47-year-old, who helped relaunch the Star Wars brand, among other profitable container bureau hits, died connected February 11, 2023 aft taking a cocktail of drugs successful his location successful Dripping Springs, Texas. 

Nearly a twelvemonth aft his tragic death, his ex-partner, Heidi Powell, 42, who started dating Dave after his divorcement to Rachel Hollis, talked astir the 'beautiful' speech she had with him the time helium passed.

Dave expressed his sorrow implicit their split, citing the extremity of their blended household bond. 

'It was similar his psyche knew it was clip due to the fact that helium sent maine the astir insightful (text), like, "Hey coming to grips with wherever you and I are. It doesn't mean, like, I'm not conscionable losing you, you are not conscionable losing me, we are losing our kids",' Heidi told hosts Lauryn Evarts Bosstick and Michael Bosstick connected a caller occurrence of the Him & Her Podcast.

She has 4 children with 2 antithetic fathers - Derek Solomon and Chris Powell. 

Dave shares 4 children with his ex-wife, Rachel. They got divorced successful 2020 aft 16 years of marriage. 

Heidi, a YouTube prima and fittingness trainer, said her precocious spouse was also 'telling maine however overmuch I meant to him' that tragic day. 

'It was the astir beauteous time of substance messages and telephone conversations ever. There is closure with him, the astir beauteous closure,' she added. 

'I consciousness complete. I'm like, antheral this is wherefore they accidental ne'er spell to furniture huffy astatine your spouse. Never. We weren't spouses. But ne'er spell to furniture holding a grudge,' the erstwhile Extreme Weight Loss co-host said. 

She besides revealed that Hollis often struggled with slump brought connected by online disapproval astir him. 

'I deliberation immoderate radical person an easier clip dealing with disapproval than others, and that was truly hard for him.

'I deliberation that was the basal of his depression, was what radical said online,' Heidi revealed, adding that helium was 'really affected' by the antagonistic comments. 

After his abrupt death, Heidi posted a heartbreaking tribute to Instagram astir her erstwhile partner. 

'This isn’t the mode it was expected to end. When we posted this photograph 2 years agone contiguous to denote our emotion and to observe your birth, I deliberation we some had a antithetic thought of however our communicative would play out. It didn’t look similar this,' Heidi said. 

'I’m heartbroken and wholly devastated. I’m sick. My kids miss you truthful much. Our satellite is rocked. I volition ne'er beryllium the same. 

'You loved maine truthful well, Dave. You loved your kids and your radical truthful deeply.

'Your bosom was acold excessively large for this world… and I was the fortunate 1 who got to spot and acquisition the magnitude and extent of your infinite love,' she added. 

She aboriginal shared a video connected Instagram successful August aft his origin of decease was revealed. 

'None of what I cognize present takes distant from the beingness helium was successful this satellite and it doesn’t instrumentality distant from the things I emotion astir him,' Heidi said. 

'Commenting immoderate further is not my job. It’s not that it’s not my job, it's not my place. 

'Dave has household and it is their spot and their grant and I truly privation to respect that, adjacent successful posting excessively overmuch astir missing him. It’s not due to the fact that I don’t, it’s due to the fact that I truly attraction to respect his household and not everything has to marque it online to beryllium real,' she added. 

His ex-wife, bestselling writer and podcaster Rachel, who wrote the 2018 self-help manual 'Girl, Wash Your Face,' told of her grief connected Instagram aft Dave was pronounced dead. 

'We are devastated. I person nary words and my bosom is excessively breached to find them,' Rachel said. 'Please wrapper the kids up successful prayers arsenic we effort and navigate done the unthinkable.' 

He near down Rachel and their 4 children, Jackson, Sawyer, Ford and Noah. 

Less than a week earlier his death, Dave shared a photograph of his youngest daughter, Noah, grinning astatine him portion lasting connected a dock with a sportfishing rod.

He captioned it: 'From a frost to shorts successful little than 48 hours. Today was a bully day. ❤️'

But conscionable six days later, the Disney-executive turned self-help guru was recovered dead. 

Dave abruptly discontinue his occupation arsenic caput of planetary organisation astatine Disney successful 2018 to articulation his then-wife Rachel's self-help empire, aft she changeable to net fame by sharing a candid photograph of her stretch-marks. 

The enforcement erstwhile had it all, surviving successful a lavish $3.5 cardinal California mansion with Rachel and their children.

When she recovered fame, Dave is said to person struggled with his ex-wife's over-sharing astir their lousy enactment beingness and her caller relation arsenic the household breadwinner.

'Now that she doesn't request me,' helium erstwhile wrote. 'Will she inactive privation me?'

A behind-closed-doors rivalry for societal media clout seemingly ended their matrimony successful 2020. 

The dada besides tried his manus astatine becoming a bodybuilder with assistance from Heidi. 

Dave's translation was particularly shocking to his friends and erstwhile colleagues, arsenic he'd erstwhile appeared to person the satellite astatine his feet.

His battles with alcoholism landed Dave successful rehab successful aboriginal 2022, and those that knew him said helium mislaid the adjuvant quality of his posts and alternatively felt the request to grounds and stock each facet of his beingness to clasp an online following.

Friends and neighbors said that portion helium would, connected the look of it, make inspirational workout videos and montages, helium was besides slipping retired to bargain intoxicant arsenic aboriginal arsenic 7am.

When his lad erstwhile saw antagonistic reviews astir his father's content, Heidi said helium texted her: 'I don't cognize what to do... I hatred this portion of my life.'

This continued until, successful February 2023, helium agreed to spell to Alcoholics Anonymous aft a blackout - which came astatine the aforesaid clip helium was inactive releasing podcasts and religiously sharing societal media snaps.

When helium failed to amusement up for the AA gathering helium agreed to, a household person went to cheque connected him, and recovered him dormant successful bed.  

An autopsy recovered his decease was accidental, and helium had toxic levels of cocaine, ethanol and fentanyl successful his system, which made a lethal cocktail arsenic helium besides suffered from an underlying bosom condition. 

As a apical Disney executive, Dave spent 17 precise fruitful years astatine the media giant, and reportedly adjacent remarked to a person that helium believed helium had the imaginable to someday instrumentality implicit from famed CEO Bob Iger.

His perks included banal options, yearly tickets to the Oscars, and work implicit the merchandise of blockbusters including Black Panther and the Star Wars franchise.