Cher’s Mother Georgia Holt Dead at 96: Read the ‘I Got You Babe’ Singer’s Emotional Tribute

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Forever in her heart. Cher is mourning the death of her mother, Georgia Holt, who was 96.“Mom is gone,” the Burlesque star, 76, wrote via Twitter on Sunday, December 11, confirming her mother’s passing, alongside a sad-faced emoji.The late actress — born Jackie Jean Crouch — previously battled pneumonia earlier this year. “Sorry I’ve Been Mia.

Mom’s Been Sick Off & On. She Just Got Out Of [the hospital],” Cher tweeted in September. “She Had Pneumonia. She’s Getting Better.”Holt is survived by her two daughters, Cher and Georganne LaPiere, and her two grandchildren.

The former model welcomed Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian) in 1946 with ex-husband John Paul Sarkisian and Georganne in 1951 with ex John Southall.The Mamma Mia!

Here We Go Again star — who shared son Chaz Bono with late ex-husband Sonny Bono and son Elijah Blue with late ex Gregg Allman — was close with the matriarch throughout her lengthy career.“My mother would be glad to hear you say [that I seem mellow],” Cher quipped during a 1995 interview in Ireland. “My mother’s waiting for me to grow old and settle down [and] marry a rich man. [She said], ‘Cher, when you get older, I wish you’d hurry up and get older, so you’d settle down and marry a rich man.’ And I said, ‘Mom, I am a rich man.