Tony Delacroix

Name:  Anthony “Tony” Kareem Delacroix
Portrayed by: Denzel Washington
Parents: Almoris Delacroix (father), Addie-Mae Delacroix (mother)
Siblings:  Anita Delacroix (sister), Octavia Delacroix (sister)
Spouse: Gloria Alfonso Delacroix (wife-deceased), Ophelia Cameron (ex-wife)
Children: Selina Delacroix (daughter), Mason Delacroix (son), Jamal Delacroix (son)
Other relatives: Devin Thompson (nephew)
Occupation: Owner of La Caille
Written by: Kelly

Tony Delacroix was raised in Atlas Falls his father worked as a cook for one of the local downtown speakeasies and his mother sold homemade baked goods out of their home. Like was not ever purely hard for Tony growing up but his parents were hard workers and made sure he had a roof over his head, food in his stomach and that he and his sisters had educations. He is the oldest son of his parents and has two younger sisters. In high school he fell in love with his classmate Gloria Alfonso and when they were both accepted to university at Atlas Falls University they continued their relationship. Tony’s love of cooking was something he wanted to pursue and Gloria went into fashion, he was roommates in college with Lowell Devonshire, Walter Fraiser and Pierre LeClercq. He and Gloria also learned that they were pregnant their freshman year of college and were married at City Hall with Jackie and Lowell present as their witnesses and when DGI went public the money started to roll in however tragedy struck the couple when Gloria miscarried the little girl. The couple was heartbroken and went on to continue college when Lowell came up with a plan to steal and force Walter out of DGI and give Walter’s spot to him Tony agreed to the plan. With the money from DGI that he made on investing it gave him a board seat and enough money to open up his own restaurant chain called La Caille after his late unborn daughter.

Once the first was opened in Atlas Falls Gloria soon discovered they were pregnant again and after a healthy pregnancy they welcomed their second child Selina into the world. Tony served on the board at DGI all while continuing his cooking passion when he opened up more restaurants in Pittsburgh, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and recently Seattle. Thanks to DGI he and Gloria unlike his parents didn’t have to want for anything and they were invested in wealth and fortune his bond with Jackie and Lowell intensified and they welcomed their son Mason a few years later. Gloria became extremely ill after the birth of Mason and they were devastated to learn that she had cancer, after a five year battle with the disease Gloria passed away and he leaned on Ophelia Cameron for support. He and Ophelia fell in love and he started over with her marrying her and welcoming a second son in Jamal. Over the years he and Ophelia’s marriage became strained with the battle between Selina and his new wife. Eventually he and Ophelia drifted apart and he learned he had an affair with young intern David Rhodes, they divorced while Jamal was in high school. Over the last few years his focus has been on the restaurants and when Selina graduated with her MBA he gave his seat to her at DGI. He is close to enjoying his retirement and perhaps looking to finally reconcile with his ex-wife.

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