United Kingdom, June 8 -- Melissa Etheridge is determined to "keep living" following the death of her son.

The 65-year-old singer and her ex-partner Julie Cypher's son Beckett - who was fathered by David Crosby - died from complications connected to opioid addiction in 2020 at the age of 21, and Melissa has learned to cope with the tragedy by finding ways to distract herself at times when they would have usually chatted.

Melissa told Us Weekly magazine: "It took a while.

"I just sat down and just really let it happen. It's like, 'OK, how do I want to? Well, since I can't call you anymore' - because we used to, he texted me every day, used to call me, text me. I spoke to him every day.

"That's when I feel the most the most, so that's w...