According to a source, "They were best friends, just like brothers. Lamar is taking this really hard."Lamar Odom is in deep mourning after the death of his best friend, Jamie Sangouthai. While the athlete has yet to break his silence on the tragedy, a source said he's "beside himself" with grief, and "really shaken" by the loss of his late pal.
According to the source, the former Lakers player, 35, was partying in Las Vegas when the news got to him about his friend's death Sangouthai's apparent overdose. "When he found out Jamie died, he was devastated," the inside source said
The two had apparently hit a rough patch in their friendship a while back, but Odom is still "super sad," the source adds. "He feels like it could have happened to him. This is a huge wake-up call for him. It has really shaken him."
Sangouthai, 37, had been close with Odom for years, and even appeared on the NBA free agent's reality show, Khloe & Lamar, which documented his marriage to Keeping Up With the Kardashians star Khloe Kardashian.
After Sangouthai's death, the reality show star Kardashian took to Twitter to pay tribute to her friend, sharing a broken heart emoji and the words, "When does it stop? RIP Jamie Sangouthai." She later shared a pop art Picture of a crying woman in her Instagrammed writing, "Life doesn't get easier but I promise you that life will make you stronger."
From Usmagazine.com
