Angelina Jolie’s Mom Dies at 56

I believe this is one of the best threads we ever had on Jared!!

Foul of love, compassion, generosity, kindness and caring for other people. Especially when they are going through such a tough time as the JP.

A big thank you to all the people who shared their moving stories and gave great advices from their experiences. May any religion or any power you believe in will help you ease you pain and be strong so you can pass it to others.

I’m happy to see that our world is not so messed up. With people like the ones that are posting here today there is still a hope to improve and be better.

Keep the love coming!! I’m proud of being a BAMZS fan!!

R.I.P Marcheline!!

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samara Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
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Hmmmmmm… You know.. err.. you smell like.. Raquel!! ;) (or however you spell it)

You just couldn’t help it right?? Oh well.. :lol:

My thoughts go out to Angelina and her family at this very sad time, I lost my Dad when I was young- a long long time ago now, and the pain does ease but never goes away completely, there’s always a tiny dent left in your heart. Also to the many people here who have shared thier grief over thier loved ones - I have been very humbled and moved reading your stories- thankyou for posting- I am so sorry for your losses.

LETTER TO: Ms. Caryn James, NY Times

FROM: Gossipfan Writer/Editor of; http://www.brangelinafans.blogspot.com

Dear Ms James,

I find it hard to believe that a journalist who writes for a newspaper the caliber of the New York Times would sink to such silly tabloid gossipy low depths to portray Angelina Jolie as a “saint” whose image has tarnished, simply based on a spoiled brat entertainment “reporter’s” impression of Angelina, and bitter people’s comments about her as of late. Your article ‘After all that Goodness, a Sudden Fall from Grace’ was slanted, using hear-say from unreliable internet gossip sources.

Angelina Jolie is an actor who has been misunderstood and joyfully slammed by some unprofessional tabloid inspired “media” as well as by general celebrity watchers who love to hate this woman because her partner chose to leave a marriage that was not productive for either person.

Angelina’s frank comments have been deliberately taken out of context to serve as additional evidence that she is reckless, a snob, and a cold person. She is not what you and others make her out to be. I have been reading nothing but bitchy comments from women attacking Angelina; she can do nothing right in these people’s eyes. This “blob” comment has completely been played up and taken out of context because there’s obviously nothing else more important to discuss!

Sadly now, an article from the NYT is jumping on the anti-Jolie bandwagon because you know it will be read and those who agree with you will revel in your tainted opinion about Ms. Jolie. All that matters to you is taking the seemingly popular view and writing about it and sitting back and wait for people to read it. Shame on you for using the Times to sling mud at a woman who doesn’t deserve it!

When someone takes Ryan Seacrest’s side on the issue of Angelina Jolie trying to give the spotlight to her partner Brad Pitt at the Golden Globes redcarpet, and Ryan felt slighted and offended by Angelina being shy and goes off and whine about it, then you know you’re not dealing with a professional and objective writer.

Gossipfan
Writer/Editor of

http://brangelinafans.blogspot.com/

Like I mentioned before, rarely does an entertainment story provoke me to care enough about the subject to write to the author or editor, but I’ve had enough. I’m terribly disappointed in Ms. James and the NYT for running such a silly article. It’s written in the style of something from In Touch! So make of that what you will.

gf

One last thing before I go.

Brad and Angelina were in the room together when Shiloh came into this world. Brad was at Angelina’s side when the family she shared with James Haven and their mother Marcheline Bertrand changed forever. He was in the room with them when this woman took her last breath, and he was there to be of support to HIS family.

These are the actions of a man who has made the commitment to be with this woman through it all, life and death, the good, the bad and the horrific. By now the realization of this shouldn’t be lost on anyone but of course it is, and it will continue to be lost on them for whatever reason, and it will continue to be debated for whatever reason, but for me? I won’t be wasting my breath or time trying to debate what isn’t debatable.

The message delivered by Brad’s actions should leave no one doubtful about anything. Just knowing that even James Haven allowed someone other than he and his sister into that most private of moments speaks volumes. We know how connected, protective, and adoring of one another Marcheline, James and Angelina have been throughout their lives together. We’ve seen the photos of just the three of them at different stages, and you can just feel their love for each other, and a geniune enjoyment of being together just the three of them.

If it had only been James and Angelina with their mother in her last hours, I wouldn’t have thought it odd at all, and in fact it would have been what I expected because of Angelina’s stories of life growing up with Jamie and her mom, and again the connection between the three. To know Brad was there and a part of something so sacred and personal, one has to know it was for more than support. He was there because she was a part of his family and he loved her too.

God bless the Jolie-Pitts, James Haven, The Bertrands, and the Voights.

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guli Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
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Guli you are a great woman and a great mom. You where one of my favourite posters when I first came on Jared as a lurker 1.5 year ago. I really don’t feel any difference either. Thank you so much for you great words. (((hugs)))

And of course we will have a huge cyber-party before you will leave for Turkey!!

You know what a party and Ouzo freak I am. :lol:

my thoughts and prayers are with you at this time. stay strong for your family.
they will give you the love and support you need at this time.
you will see your mom in your minds eye and this will bring you comfort.
with deepest sympathy

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Original jpf Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 8:24 pm
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A brilliant post O jpf. Thank you and ITA!!

I wanted to extend my condolences to all of Marcheline’s friends and loved ones. I’m sure that this is as big of a loss to them as it is for Angelina and James Haven.

Well Said: Thank you for sending that letter. I hope it gets published all over the world. And my condolence to the Angie, James, Brad and the kids. Too bad they will not see their grandma as they grow up. I think Maddox might remember a little. Thanks Jared for this coverage.

I was watching Access Hollywood. They mentioned the passing of Angelina’s Mom. They brought up the GG and said that Angelina put up a brave face at the GG’s to to support Brad knowing that her Mom was very ill. This is not the exact wording but the general gist of it. It was very tasteful and respectful how they handled it.

The NYT will not publish a letter that has been posted on the web. I enjoyed reading the letter, though.

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Why we love her and we are thankful to her mom today:

Humanitarian work
Jolie first became personally aware of worldwide humanitarian crises while filming Tomb Raider in poverty-stricken and widely mined Cambodia. According to Jolie, “I discovered things about what’s happening in the world… Cambodia was really eye opening for me.”[37] Deeply affected by these experiences, she eventually turned to UNHCR for more information on international trouble spots. In the following months she agreed to visit different refugee camps around the world to learn more about the situation and the conditions in these areas. In February 2001, Jolie went on her first field visit, an 18-day mission to Sierra Leone and Tanzania; she later expressed her shock at what she had witnessed.[38] In the coming months she returned to Cambodia for two weeks and later visited Afghan refugees in Pakistan where she donated $1 million for Afghan refugees in response to an international UNHCR emergency appeal.[39] She insisted on covering all costs related to her missions and shared the same rudimentary working and living conditions as UNHCR field staff on all of her visits.[38] Impressed by her interest and devotion in the subject, UNHCR named her a Goodwill Ambassador on August 27 2001 at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva, despite her warning that her controversial public image might shed a negative light on the U.N.[40] In a press conference Jolie explained her motives for joining the refugee agency:

We cannot close ourselves off to information and ignore the fact that millions of people are out there suffering. I honestly want to help. I don’t believe I feel differently from other people. I think we all want justice and equality, a chance for a life with meaning. All of us would like to believe that if we were in a bad situation someone would help us.”#wp-_note-Angelina_Jolie_named_UNHCR_Goodwill_Ambassador_for_refugees”>[38]

During her first three years as Goodwill Ambassador Jolie concentrated her efforts on field missions, visiting refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) all around the world. Asked what she hoped to accomplish, she stated, “Awareness of the plight of these people. I think they should be commended for what they have survived, not looked down upon.”[41] In 2002, Jolie visited Tham Hin refugee camp in Thailand and Colombian refugees in Ecuador to take a closer look at the “Western Hemisphere’s most severe humanitarian crisis”.[42] She and US Secretary of State Colin Powell opened events to celebrate World Refugee Day 2002 on June 20 in Washington, D.C.[43] Jolie then went to various UNHCR facilities in Kosovo and paid a visit to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya with refugees mainly from Sudan. UNHCR’s Representative to Kenya, George Okoth-Obbo, praised her “presence, just to bring some joy into what is undoubtedly a hard life for many of the people here”.[44] She also visited Angolan refugees while she was filming Beyond Borders in Namibia.