The tragic death of Paul Walker on November 30th, 2013 was a shock to fans worldwide. Many teary eyed stared at the news in disbelief, how was it possible? The mood prior to the tragedy was was excitement and anticipation of the 7th series in the Fast And Furious franchise. Everyone was looking forward to Brian and Dom speeding again in the action-packed thriller; instead, Paul lay dead as a result of his last speed ride dying in a car crash driven at 100 MPH. The car a Porsche Carrera GT instantly burst into flames and the coroner’s report stated that he had died of trauma and thermal injury. Ironically though, Paul wasn’t even at the wheel but Roger Rodas, his financial adviser who was the driver. Rodas died instantly.
Post Paul Walker’s death, the internet was abuzz with articles on the heartthrob; there were incredible facts about Paul Walker that we didn’t know. His generosity and his great personality were highlighted in tabloids around the world. But!! Not many spoke about one beautiful aspect of Paul’s life and that was a girl named “Meadow Rain” and she is none other than Paul’s daughter. Here are 12 facts you never knew about Paul Walker’s daughter.
1Paul Called her “Bear”
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Although Paul’s daughter was named Meadow Rain Walker, Paul gave her the nickname “Bear”. The possible reason why Paul gave her the beautiful name of Meadow Rain could be his association with his love for nature. Walker himself has a major in marine biology and has even anchored a show for National Geographic called “Expedition Great White”.
Meadow’s nickname too obviously had to be something to do with nature and hence the name “Bear”. If there are personal elements attached to the name, it was of course information privileged only for the family.
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2Her Godfather is Vin Diesel
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Meadow Rain was born on November 4th, 1998. Although she spent her childhood with her mother, she went to live with Paul in 2012. The friendship between Vin Diesel and Paul was so close that Paul Made Vin Diesel godfather to his daughter. The touching gesture was reciprocated during the birth of Vin Diesel’s first child his own daughter. This is how he described his feelings when he named her.
“As I’m cutting the umbilical cord, I’m thinking to myself it's all because Paul Walker told me to go into the delivery room and so once it came time to sign the name, I started writing "Paul" and then just added i-n-e.’’ That’s right!! Vin Diesel’s daughter is named Pauline after Paul. He also posted a photo on Twitter with Paul Walker’s face superimposed as if looking down on them. He captioned it “Always”
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