OlderAngelina Jolie’s Mom Dies at 56
Marcheline Bertrand, French actress and mother of Angelina Jolie, died of ovarian cancer in Los Angeles yesterday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre after a 7.5 yearlong battle with cancer. (Age 56 as reported by IMDB.) Brad Pitt, Angie, and her older brother, James Haven, were at the hospital yesterday at the time Bertrand passed away.
Bertrand raised Angie and James after divorcing their father, Jon Voight (Angie was just a toddler at the time).
Our prayers and best wishes to the Pitt and Jolie family. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Women’s Cancer Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai.
Pictured: Angelina Jolie, with her mother Marcheline Bertrand, at her film premiere of Original Sin in Los Angeles on July 31, 2001. Angelina Jolie and her mom at LAX airport on August 4, 1998. Angelina Jolie outside the “National Art and Hobby” this past Friday.
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guli Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
Estelle you are letting Alex and AG off so easy, shoot I was going to take them to Turkey with me
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Guli, I don’t want to go to Turkey :)
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ah thank you for the correction and info.
Guli- I guess their excuse were justifeable with me, sometime in the back of my mind, I do want to know if those trolls have a heart?.
Any how, they still can go to Turkey with you, they deserve the rest.
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ntt Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
USA Today has some pics of several celebs wearing grey to the SAG Awards, they mentioned that Angelina was the one who started the trend at the GG’s.
I have tried to find the post where it talks about the way Angie’s mother handle her going off on her first UNHCR mission and the special message James send to her.
Now compare what her donor did to her.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=N72JJdyReSY&search=angelina%20jolie%20%2B%20interview
I cried when I first show this clip…..just because you are a donor doesn’t make you a parent. Be it a woman or a man.
687 Estelle Says: January 29th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
OJPF- ((((hugs to you)))), your post brought tears to my eyes, I hope you will be able to talk to your dad again, you know you can talk to him anytime now and you don’t need a phone number.
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Yep, everytime I watch a “guy” show/movie (western or war), or the history channel “we talk.” :)
jpf
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ntt Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
I just watched Inside Edition. They talked about Marcheline as someone reported in previous post.
On a lighter note, regarding the SAG red carpet, they said the dress color trend that day was GREY! They showed like 3 actresses wearing grey, just like the color of AJ’s GG gown.
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As Cujo of ET said AJ was saving the industry and how she was carrying it on her little shoulder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XTctufYaIY
So I am NOT surprise that all others bring out the GREY!
728 leni Says: January 29th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
re:724 ntt: January 29th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
USA Today has some pics of several celebs wearing grey to the SAG Awards, they mentioned that Angelina was the one who started the trend at the GG’s.
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I’ve noticed that! And also the dress style, and the jewelery. Less “LOOK AT ME!” dresses and more “you can’t HELP but look at me.”
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I thank God that the last scenes Marcheline saw of her one and only daughter was that of being loved by Brad, Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh.
I pray that now is the time Angelina spreads that love to envelope her father, Jon Voight.
I noticed the grey dress trend. Isn’t it ironic that everyone wants to copy them while at the same time they want to write articles that make them less important? SAG awards will probably not be remembered in 2 days while Angie’s GG is still being talked about. The way she blinked, they way she held Brad, why she did not laugh will be talked about with long essays and opinions.
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Joy Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
What does expressing a wish have to do with telling someone what to do? AJ is not on this site so therefor it is not trying to tell her what to do! It is just people saying, “Hey I would like to see this…”. There is supposed to be healing in deliverence maybe that is why some people are bringing JV up. And before anyone thinks to jump on me please see my original JV post I did not include him. I am a Breast Cancer survivor (2 years this February) and I have learned in my 50+ years that 1) man will fail you and 2) life will continue.
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I agree with your view. Some people are too overbearing on this board. Jump down your throat because you express an opinion. We are all BAMZSers.
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sparklefirefly Says
Excuse ME!!!! Don’t you think it should be the REVERSE considering JV dumped ALL of them 28 YEARS AGO????? He should be trying to envelope them with LOVE, not that they would want it……
I will agree to disagree! Please don’t respond since I won’t reply re this topic, thanks………
I saw the part of the Armani Collection show in Paris, he has a whole line of gray, guess who get the credit? Angelina Jolie has started a new trend in color, Gray is the it color of this year Fashion Week in Paris……
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Original jpf Says:
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How wonderful, thanks for letting me know that…. :)
great….Grey not gray..oops sorry.
All you BAMZS fans are such wonderful and beautiful people. Your comments have touched my heart and has made me cry over and over again. I love Angie and have been a fan of her for years. I wished that I could meet her some day and give her a hug. This tragedy has also hit me close to home.
I, too, have a personal experience to share with you guys.
I had a cousin who died of skin cancer 4 yrs. ago and she was only 26 yrs old. She was very beautiful and her skin was like Angie. Everyone always completement on how nice her skin was and at end it was her skin that kill her. She was born with a big mole on her side leg. It was not cancerous in the beginning, but as years go by it became cancerous. She was able to get rid of the cancer on the outside of her skin thru chemotherapy. As months passed, she did not go in for her monthly checkups so the cancer came back.
My cousin was under alot of stress at the time. My aunt expected alot from her and was always comparing her to other people. She was the only daughter and was very close to her parents. She always look after them. She was in the process of planning for her big wedding and did not get along with her soon to be mother-in-law. With all of the stress, she did not have time to go and see the doctor and by the time she did because of her fiancee hounding her the doctor say that the cancer has spread to her lungs and that she only has 3 months to live. She broke down in tears and was afraid to die. When we heard the news, the family was in a state of shock. My parents is a BIG believer of God and they told my aunt and uncle to keep on praying and my cousin was taken to the church so that a priest can pray for her. She was told to not give up on God which she didn’t. She went thru many chemo treatments and it was killing her body. She lost all of her hair and was so skinny. She couldn’t keep any food down. My parents keep on insisting that God will not let her die to my aunt and uncle, but at the end she die.
I regret not spending time with her. We were close when we were kids until she went out with a boyfriend of mine than we grew apart. I only got close to her at the end when she was dying. I did not want her to die. I was by her bedside every day praying for her and telling her to not give up hope. It was so sad to see her in so much pain. She was on so much morphine to heal the pain and at the end she slip into a coma and die. I was not with her, but my sister and aunt was.
She had so much going for her. She had a good job and was looking forward to her wedding day and one day have children. I have so many regrets about not spending enough time with her. It was because of a stupid incident that we grew apart. Till this day, my aunt and uncle has not gotten over the grief. The both of them want to die. She loved the both of them so much. They only have two sons left. One lives far away and another is in Iraq fighting the war. My cousin who lives far away has two kids and she never got the chance to meet her nephew and niece.
What I have learned from this is life is precious and you should never take it for granted. My cousin was not ready for death. I have two kids (two boys) who I love dearly. I pray everyday that they are safe and healthy.
I wished that I can chat with you BAMZS fans more often on this site, but with taking care of two little boys who has time. They are always chasing around and getting hurt.
My prayers are with Angie, Brad, James, and her children.
R.I.P. Marcheline Bertrand
To Original jpf Says:
“Thanks for saying this. I was so self concious about what I thought would be percieved as a lack of grief not only then, but in the past two yrs, my mom’s lost 2 brothers and her baby sister to cancer, and I loved them dearly, and miss them so much, but I have yet to cry. I just tend to be stoic moreso than not at highly emotional times while I have a sister who cries at commericials!”
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One should never feel guilty or bad about when and how to grieve. You grieve when you are ready - and you alone will know it, when it happens. Grieving is something that you do at any time, form, or shape. Crying is not the only way of grieving - Crying maybe comforting to others, but it maybe not, to some, it is just one expression of grieving. By simply missing the loss of your dear relatives, are in itself a way to grieve. And if someday, out of the blue, you just feel like crying, then it is okay to let go and just allow yourself to do what is best and you’ll be fine…..Don’t be harsh on yourself….
My own mother died at the age of 56 of breast Cancer, back in 1990 here in NYC. My mother’s wished was to die in the Philippines, but was impossible at that time. To this day, I still grieve for her loss and I miss her all the time. She was a trained nurse, so she had the healing hands to get us better when we used to get sick. Even now as an adult , I tend to regress when I get sick - I longed for her healing hands. But the beautiful memories that I have of her, soothes my longingness. The thought that I had the honor that she was my mother, is in itself a very comforting feeling that I take with me everyday.
Alex, AG and Estelle- Heck as much as love AG and Alex there is no way I’ll dump them in a Turkish prison like the haters I hope to take with me. :lol: Alex and AG will probably be sipping on Margaritas while I am making shish-kebabs and humus, they will be sunning by the Mediterranean :lol: Psst Estelle, you want to come?
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SKEPTIC Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
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My bad! I meant SAGs.
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Original jpf Says:
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awwwww…..what an amazing conversation that would be.
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Gray is in again Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
great….Grey not gray..oops sorry.
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Both forms are OK, according to my Webster:lol:
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Lady G Says: Thank you. The video is quite telling.
Such inspirational posts today. I thank you all!!!!!
Bless BAMZS
I went to other sites just to see if Jen fans have any conscience. I’m shock. These people could sink that low and have that much hatred. I do notice that they are the same batch of people judging by the way they wrote. These people just went from site to site spitting hatred. Good thing is that it’s a very very small number of people who just kept repeating posts.
I love this site. This site has reasonable people.
My love to Angie, Brad and family.
I’ve already posted my sympathy for Marcheline’s loss, so tonight I’ll just say thank you to so many among us who were moved to share their stories. It has been an emotional day reading through them. Thank you very much, and a hand held out to hold your, Mikesmom and Malibumom…
re: 639 curly Says: January 29th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
“I am not a spiritual person but I will agree with Original jpf’s post on Ms. Bertrand perhaps letting go as she knew her daughter is in good hands”
re: 609 Original jpf Says: January 29th, 2007 at 1:54 pm
“I believe the grief has passed, but not sure if I’ve really mourned since I still can’t bring myself to take his name and number off my cell phone.”
I’ve been reading all the heartfelt personal stories and crying on and off for all those who shared. There are always two perspectives to death: the living and the dying. One story is not more pertinent than another but re: the dying, Curly’s post was particularly noteworthy because she talked about letting go. I volunteered for Hospice in my county for fifteen years as a member of the Hospice team in the capacity of a health care professional. My intimate experiences and interactions with both the dying patient and members of their family taught me a lot about the cancer process, the dying process and the living process.
There are numerable cases where only until family members including small children were gathered to say their goodbyes did the patient then die within hours…it is all about closure. There are a number of cases when the individual is preoccupied with a task or something on their mind they have to do or say before they “let go”. Aside from the medical signs and symptoms of an individual going through the final phase, Hospice workers will often say the dying know when the end is near and will cling with the little energy that have left until what he or she feels has not been settled is attempted to be settled. As a reassuring note, dying patients are not afraid to die, they know when it is time and most cancer patients accept it willingly.
Original jpf, your story was particularly noteworthy…properly mourning is important for those who are living. Some day you will be able to remove your father’s name and number off your phone. As a “delayed reactor” for whatever reason you feel words and actions were not timely, shock overcame you, other responsibilities were overwhelming, let go yourself. We all grieve in our own way but it is about your closure too. Those who are left behind are very important. Continuing quality of your life is important and closure is apart of the process.
It is important to enjoy the ones you love, to be comfortable in expressing your feelings now and to deal with the possibility that anyone you care for or love may not be around tomorrow. It is so important not to be afraid of the dying process nor of our sadness during those times.
Everyone here who has posted their sympathy for this family is a special human being and is recognized.
My thoughts are also with the Jolie-Pitt family.
guest Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Well come on, quit being a guest and become a regular JJ poster, please we love meeting new people!
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