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Dax Shepard Shares Touching Family Story at Book Festival

4/10/2026

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Dax Shepard, actor, recounted at the New Orleans Book Festival with Anderson Cooper how Kristen Bell flew to Detroit while seven months pregnant so his father could feel her belly before dying in late 2012.
The moment gave Dave Shepard a final connection to his grandchild.
Shepard expressed gratitude for Bell's support and stressed empathy and family bonds.
Their daughter Lincoln was born three months later.

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Dax Shepard, actor, recounted at the New Orleans Book Festival with Anderson Cooper how Kristen Bell flew to Detroit while seven months pregnant so his father could feel her belly before dying in late 2012.
The moment gave Dave Shepard a final connection to his grandchild.
Shepard expressed gratitude for Bell's support and stressed empathy and family bonds.
Their daughter Lincoln was born three months later.