LAWYER and police officer Benny Napoleon died on December 17 after contracting coronavirus.
The former Wayne County, Michigan sheriff was previously married to Lisa Cunningham.
There is very little information on Lisa Cunningham.
She and Napoleon were divorced before his passing, however the date of when they separated is unknown.
Napoleon and Cunningham had a daughter together, Tiffani Jackson.
Benny Napoleon was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1955.
He was one of seven children to Harry, a minister, and Betty Napoleon.
The sheriff is survived by his mother Betty, 84, his daughter Jackson and four of his siblings, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Born in 1955, Napoleon attended Cass Technical High School before receiving degrees from the University of Detroit and the Detroit College of Law.
He then joined the Detroit Police Department in 1975 and began rising through the ranks.
Napoleon served as police chief from 1998 to 2001, when he retired from the department.
Napoleon also unsuccessfully ran for Detroit mayor in 2013.
The Wayne County sheriff was with family when he died at the Henry Ford Hospital.
He had been hospitalized in Detroit for weeks with complications from coronavirus.
He was placed on a ventilator after testing positive in November.
