Heartache For Angelina Jolie

Jolie's Mother, Actress Marcheline Bertrand, Dies After Long Battle With Cancer

(AP)  Marcheline Bertrand, actress and mother of Angelina Jolie, has died of cancer, her daughter said Sunday.

Bertrand died Saturday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after a 7 1/2-year battle with cancer, Jolie said in a statement released by her manager. No age was provided.

Jolie, Brad Pitt and her older brother, James Haven, were at the hospital Saturday, the statement said.

Bertrand, who had small roles in the movies "Lookin' to Get Out" in 1982 and "The Man Who Loved Women" in 1983, raised Jolie and her brother after divorcing their father, Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, when Jolie was a toddler.

A private funeral was planned.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations be made to the Women's Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

[sesavjo]

I am really concerned now for Mrs. Jolie-Pitt. It seems with her astranged relationship with her father, her only real parental bond she had was her mother! From what I understand, she was very close to her mother and looked to her for support as well di her mother! Now what will she do? Yes she has Brad, but there is nothing like the relationship/bond a woman has with her mother!! Will she emotionally be able to handle this loss?? Angelina is an emotional rollercoaster as it is!! I feel very saddened by this news, my heart goes out to her and her family!! I pray that the lord wraps his loving arms around her at this time of sorrow and gives her the strength she'll need in the coming months to pull through this travesty!! Now is the time for Brad to really step up to the plate and be there for Angelina and the kids( especially on those days when you feel like you just can't get up and carry on) My prayers are with you and your family Mrs. Jolie-Pitt!!

[grumpas]

I can sympathize with her! The worst day of my life was the day my mother died! She was everything to me! I felt like an orphan after that!