‘My mom died’: Cher tells fans her mom, Georgia Holt, has passed away

Chad Michaels, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Winner and Cher impersonator, chirp “Words are not enough.” Cher frequently uses various emojis in her tweets to express how she feels, and many celebrities have done the same in expressing their sympathy, including CNN’s Don Lemon, actor Seth Green, and Bravo host Andy Cohen. “[T]”Losing your mother is devastating,” “Community” actress Yvette Nicole Brown tweeted. “I hope your hero is a #RIP.”

Cher, 76, has always spoken of her admiration and respect for her mother, and the closeness she shares with her. Cher fans can expect to receive regular updates from the singer about her mom’s health, activities, sense of humor, and shared wisdom. share She has memories of her mother and her mother’s “very beautiful” friends during her childhood. “when they He entered the room, everything stopped. It was also a great wardrobe. We based the costumes in ‘Mermaids’ on photos of her from the ’50s,” Cher He said From her mother in an interview with People in 2013.

The mother-daughter couple gave fans an intimate look at their relationship in the 2013 Lifetime documentary Dear Mom, Love Cher. The film included interviews with Holt, her daughters Cher and Jorgan LaPierre and Cher’s sons, Chaz Bono and Elijah Bleu Allman – providing audiences with a broader insight into Holt’s life story, along with her being Cher’s mother. Cher began the project after Holt found tapes of her never-released album, from sessions recorded in 1980. For her mother’s 86th birthday, Cher remastered the tapes and then filmed her mother singing and talking about her life and early career ambitions.

Holt was born Jackie Jane Crouch in rural Arkansas and first discovered her love for music while singing in Oklahoma saloons. Determined to make use of her talents, she moved to Hollywood. Holt was briefly married to Cher’s father, John Sarkissian. As a single mom, I struggled Scheer was briefly financially placed in a Catholic orphanage. She visited her crying daughter every day and faced mounting pressure to put her daughter up for adoption. Holt has been married and divorced several times.

“She didn’t give me and my sister advice because, honestly, she knew we’d never take it,” Cher people said. “Instead, we learned about life by listening to her talk about the things she did wrong and the things she did right.”

Holt got back on her feet and managed to land roles in Hollywood. She has appeared on ‘Watch the Birdie’, ‘I Love Lucy’, ‘The Mike Douglas Show’ and ‘The Merv Griffin Show’.

“Dear Mom, Love Cher” coincided with the release of “Honky Tonk Woman”, which featured 10 restored and remixed tracks Holt originally recorded, including a duet with Cher called “I Just Your Day Yesterday”, which Holt originally wrote. .

“It’s a good Mother’s Day special, but it’s not Hallmark,” Cher He said in time. She got her dream after 80 years. … Women should never think they have a date to sell.”