Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal–winning decathlete.
Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Convinced by Olympic decathlete Jack Parker's coach, L. D. Weldon, to try the decathlon, Jenner won the men's decathlon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, setting a third successive world record and gaining fame as "an all-American hero".
Given the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete", Jenner established a career in television, film, writing, auto racing, business, and as a Playgirl cover model.
Kristen Mary Jenner (born November 5, 1955) is an American television personality, entertainment manager, producer, businesswoman, and author. She rose to fame starring in the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–present).
She has four children from her first marriage to lawyer Robert Kardashian: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé and Robert, and two children from her second marriage to television personality and retired Olympic Games medalist, Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn): Kendall and Kylie.
Caitlyn Jenner ‘heartbroken’ by mother’s death at age 96
msn.comCaitlyn Jenner said she is “heartbroken” after the death of her mother at the age of 96. The former Olympian turned reality TV personality announced that Esther Jenner died on Thursday morning a “few weeks shy” of her birthday.
In an Instagram post which featured an image of her mother with birthday balloons, Caitlyn wrote: “I am heartbroken to announce my mom passed away yesterday morning, peacefully. “Losing a mother is unique in the sense that she is the only person that loved me my entire life.
I will miss her tremendously. “She was a few weeks shy of 97 and lived a full life. Love you mom. ”The 73-year-old documented her new “new normal” life as a transgender woman in television series I Am Cait – which also featured her mother before the reality show ended with its second series.
The series followed Caitlyn revealing her identity as a trans woman at the age of 66 during an interview with US TV journalist Diane Sawyer in 2015.
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