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Cher’s mother Georgia Holt, a singer and actor, has died. She was 96.
“Mom is gone,” Cher, 76, wrote on Twitter on Saturday evening. In September, Cher shared that Holt had “been sick off & on.”
“She just got out of (hospital),” the singer added. “She had pneumonia. She’s getting better.” Cher gave no other details Saturday, including a cause or exact date of death.
USA TODAY has reached out to a representative of Cher for further details.
In 2013, Holt was the subject of an hourlong Lifetime documentary, “Dear Mom, Love Cher,” which explored the family’s history in interviews with the matriarch, daughters Cher and Georganne LaPiere and Cher’s kids, Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman, known professionally as P. Exeter Blue.
“It’s a good Mother’s Day special, but it’s not Hallmark,” Cher said of the documentary at the time.
The project began when Holt discovered tapes of a never-released album she recorded in 1980 with Elvis Presley’s band. Determined to help Holt reach an unrealized goal, Cher had the tapes remastered, then filmed her mother singing and chatting. It resulted in a 16-minute video that turned out to be a “little present for her 86th birthday.” It then grew into a more revealing look back at an unorthodox clan.
The singer-songwriter, actor, producer and model was best known for her roles in 1955’s “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,” as well as 1956’s “I Love Lucy” and “Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre.
