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He apparently crashed into a tree while skiing in Aspen, Colo. and died at 39.
“Vicki heaved heartbroken tears,” she wrote (viaPeople).

“She would always love him.”
“The look on her face was one of utter and total shock.”
“My God, I thought, how much can one woman take?”

“I quietly walked over to her and embraced her and whispered how sorry I was.
She had always been very candid that Michael was her favorite child of the eleven she had born.
And now, he, too, was gone.”
“She was grieving so deeply that she couldn’t move.
She was literally paralyzed with grief.”
“It changed her life,” Gifford shared.