Cher’s mother, singer and actor Georgia Holt, has died. She was 96 years old.
“Mother’s Gone” Cher, 76, wrote on Twitter Saturday night: in September, Cher said Holt was “out of shape”.
“She just got out (of the hospital),” the singer added. “She had pneumonia.
USA TODAY has reached out to Cher’s representatives for more information.
In 2013, Holt was the subject of the hour-long lifelong documentary “Dear Mom, Love Cher,” which featured the patriarch, daughters Cher and Georgia Lapierre, and Cher’s children Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman (also known as Pro ) explored their family history in an interview. as P. Exeter Blue.
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Cher said of the documentary at the time, “It’s a good Mother’s Day special, but it’s not Hallmark.
The project began when Holt discovered a tape of an unreleased album recorded with Elvis Presley’s band in 1980. Determined to help Holt reach his unrealized goals, Cher remastered the tape and filmed his mother singing and chatting. The result was a 16-minute video that turned out to be “a small present for her 86th birthday.” It has since evolved into a more blatant look back at unorthodox clans.
A singer-songwriter, actor, producer and model, she is best known for her role in 1955’s The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet. So are 1956’s “I Love Lucy” and “Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theater.” She also appeared in films such as “Watch the Birdie” and “A Life of Her Own” in 1950, “Father’s Little Dividend” and “Grounds for Marriage” in 1951, and “Lovely to Look At” in 1952. I performed.
In 2013, Holt released her debut album Honky Tonk Woman, recorded in the 80s.
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Holt was born on June 9, 1926, in rural Arkansas to 13-year-old Linda Innes Gurry and 20-year-old Roy Malloy Crouch. Holt first tried her hand at acting, she sang in Oklahoma saloons and later sought fame as a singer and actress in Hollywood.
She was also a multifaceted and complicated woman.
After marrying a truck driver named John Sarkisian, Holt considered an abortion. The two divorced shortly after Cher’s birth, and Holt, who was struggling financially, placed her in a Catholic orphanage temporarily.
“I heard about abortion when I was a teenager,” Cher said in 2013’s “Dear Mom.” I said “Mom, why didn’t you take me?” I went and you were crying.You don’t know.What was it like?It was harder for women back then.”
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Holt was previously married to Gilbert Hartman Lapierre, Hamilton Tatum Holt Jr., John Paul Sarkisian, Joseph Harper Collins, Eunice John Southall and Chris Arcade.
She has daughters Cher and Georgian Lapierre and grandchildren Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman.
2020, Cher confided in People about being ‘very careful’ around her mother due to COVID-19“We have little bubbles that we’ve had all along,” the singer added. Mother, assistant, and we are far from each other.”
Fellow celebrity friends and celebrities shared their condolences with Cher on social media. Hillary Clinton wrote to the singer. “Sending all the (love) in the world.”
Marley Matlin wrote:sending you love cher.”
Welsh drag queen wrote ‘sending lots of love’ vivian to Sher. “She lived an amazing life, gave the world so much, and gave us you too! Thinking of you and your entire family today.”
“The Brady Bunch” actor maureen mccormick “The love you and your mother shared was so beautiful and touching.”
By: Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY
