Brad Pitt is mourning the death of his mom Jane.
The Oscar winner’s mother died at age 84, sources confirms. TMZ was first to report the news. A rep for the actor declined to comment.
Pitt, 61, and his two younger siblings, brother Doug and sister Julie, were raised in Springfield, Missouri, by mom Jane, a retired school counselor, and dad William, a former owner of a trucking company.
The actor’s niece Sydney (daughter of Doug) paid tribute to Jane on Instagram Wednesday, Aug. 6, saying she had “the biggest heart” and “cared deeply for everyone and everything, no questions asked.”
“My sweet Grammy,” she wrote, “we were not ready for you to go yet but knowing you are finally free to sing, dance, and paint again makes it a tad easier.”
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“She could keep up with all 14 of us grandkids without missing a beat,” wrote Sydney. “There was no limit to the love she gave, and everyone who met her felt it. I don’t know how we move forward without her. … We were truly blessed to have her to love on growing up and I know she lives on through each of us.”
At a special screening of his latest film F1 in June, Pitt gave a shout-out to his mom while telling anchor Savannah Guthrie that she watched the Today show on a daily basis.
“I gotta say hi to my mom because she watches you every morning,” he told Guthrie. “To Jane Pitt. Love you, Mom,” the actor added, waving and blowing a kiss in the video clip shared by Today.
Though Jane and William mostly stayed out of the spotlight, they occasionally joined their movie-star son on the red carpet, including at the Oscars in 2012 and at Pitt’s then-wife Angelina Jolie’s film premiere for Unbroken in 2014. Pitt has six children with ex-wife Jolie, 50: Maddox, 24, Pax, 21, Zahara, 20, Shiloh, 19, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 17.
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Pitt and his siblings helped donate $1 million to a Missouri hospital back in 2009, opening a new wing named after their mom the Jane Pitt Pediatric Cancer Center where the first pediatric oncologist and hematologist were hired in the southwest Missouri region, according to CBS News.
In a video for WorldServe International from 2018, Jane expressed pride in her kids for their philanthropic work. “I’m very proud of all my children. They see a need and try to step in and fill it,” she said at the time. “… It’s an amazing thing.”
