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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[Fug Face Maniston] Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
LMFAO..
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Have question… since LMFAO means Laughing…etc, etc. I don´t even want to think that Fug Face Maniston was laughing of my post or that she was laughing of all the posts…
I felt bad when I saw that right after my post, which I wrote with honesty, appeared that one…
I don´t know if I´m being paranoid or what…, anyway it doesn´t really matter.
I´m sure that the love that Brad has for Angie will help her, and also the love between brother and sister will help them too…
My heart is with you Angie.
Actress Jacqueline Bisset is very much alive having just finshed a season on the hit program Nip/Tuck.
She and Marcheline were close friends.
JB at a young age:
http://www.pmpnetwork.com/photos5/JacquelineBisset.jpg
JB today:
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[Fug Face Maniston] Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
smhlol.. that K-fed, he’s one funny guy.
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Take it to a K-fed thread.
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About Angelina’s relationship with Jon Voight. She’s at peace with her decision to not have him be a part of her life anymore. She doesn’t hate him.
Just because a person, by blood is your ‘father’, it doesn’t make them that. Jon Voight has to earn that right, the one he squandered away and if Angelina is simply indifferent to him, it means, she’s had enough and something changed and he just does not matter. A switch went off and she’d had enough.
There is more to being a father than donating your sperm. And that is all that Jon Voight did. He came in and out of his children’s lives when it was convenient for him and on his terms. It should never have been that way and now he is suffering the consequences of his actions.
He can’t be a father because he now says he’s ready to be one. Angelina doesn’t need or want him in her life. She has her reasons. And from the outside looking in, those reasons are valid.
Quit projecting your hope onto her. She’s said she doesn’t ever see herself allowing him access into her life again. Let it be.
I find great comfort here. I keep checking back, both to read all the wonderful posts, and to make sure everyone is okay. Truly, you are indeed a lucky person if cancer hasn’t touched your life in some way. I am so proud of all of us and the wonderful way we have shared our personal stories of those we loved who lost (and the few who won?) the battle against this viscious killer. You are just an awesome group of people, and I’m really proud to know you.
Mike’sMom - I am the parent of an only child. I cannot imagine the pain the loss of your child brings. You are a brave woman, and I hope you get to meet our Elena, who has just recently lost her boys.
I’m putting everyone here in my prayer bowl, with special mention for Angie, James, Brad and everyone who loved Marcheline.
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Observer2 Says: 11:20 pm - u said everything i wanted to say…. people are forever projecting their ideals on others and thinking its right.
776 tabloids Says: January 29th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
779 tabloids Says: January 29th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
780 tabloids Says: January 29th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
784 tabloids Says: January 29th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Why we love her and we are thankful to her mom today:
post #776, 779, 780 & 784
Thanks Marcheline for bringing her into he world.
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tabloids, those are wonderful posts!! Thank you again!
OC- that was a wonderful post. Many thanks! BTW Elena sent a wonderful mail to YG re: Angie’s mom…
Folks, I need to hit the hay. Goodnight /Goodmorning everyone, wherever you all are, catch you tomorrow.
Thank you all for the great posts and thanks Jared and Audrey for keeping it clean…
Brad has had more of a taste of life, good and bad, in the past two years than all the years preceding. He has been through it all with Angelina by his side. Now he is with her at her most vulnerable time. They are lucky to have found each other at this time in their lives. this leads me to believe even more that they were meant to be together. And though some may have said his timing was bad, I think someone greater than either one of them put this plan in play, and the timing was perfect.
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lylian Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
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Jillian Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
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You are right of course that people will bring up JV and how perhaps now, there will be a reconciliation. You sound like someone who is very close to her daddy. Lucky, lucky you. Not everyone is so lucky. Perhaps you need to listen with an open mind, to those who were not that fortunate to have a daddy who love them.
Sadly for Angelina, it seems the man who fathered her wasn’t much of a daddy. He wasn’t there to wipe her tears when she fell as a toddler, he wasn’t there to understand the hurt that went so deep, she cut herself to feel it when she was a teenager. He couldn’t even cheer her on when she went on her UNHCR missions and adopted Maddox, left her loser 2nd husband BBT. Aside from giving her his dna, and perhaps, some child support - not too much obviously as AJ has attested that money was at times tight, what has he done for her.
I ‘ve written previously that I believe JV has problems with intimate relationships all his life. Look at his history?? Who is close to this man for long - aside may be from his own mother?? he has left women, and women have left him. He has left his children and now, his children have left him. He’s 69 or what ever and alone. This is his pattern. Other men - even Donald Trump, has managed to sustain his relationships with his children. But not JV.
Go to any psychology books and you’ll see the importance of having close intimate relationships with your family of origin. It is from this family that we learn to love, to give and take, to trust, to maintain healthy boundaries. Angelina learnt how to build close relationships with those she loves who love her. Her mother and her brother at first. Then later, her children and after a few false starts, now Brad. The problem isn’t Angelina.
Some one wrote way up thread that she prayed that JV could be a comfort for his children from now on and if he couldn’t, he would recognise that and stay away from them. I second that prayer.
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I agree 100 percent!
My heart goes out to AJ , James , Brad, and the children . She suffered greatly and the effects were felt by those who loved her too . The loss of one’s mother can’t be felt unless you are unfortuate enough to have suffered a similar fate .I feel sorry for anyone in this circumstance . As far as JV is concerned I looked at the video on AH taped in 2001 where he put on the show of a loving father after the Tomb Raider movie then she told of the hurtful letter he wrote her when she left for her first trip to Africa and later the public plea on national television depicting her as mentally disturbed thereby risking her adoption of Maddox . No , he does not deserve to be in her life , unless he has been personally visited by God and the transformation is evident to anyone seeing him .
To everyone who has lost a parent to cancer when they were too young. I truly beleive that they are Angels now and are watching over you. My thoughts are with you.
Good night and sweet dreams. Sleep with the Angels.
I have to go too. Good night.
I´ll pray for Angie, James, Brad and the children.
Amaya,
I would like to have part 2 video of Unchained Melody: My Love
Please !!
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Observer2 Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 11:20 pm
She’s at peace with her decision to not have him be a part of her life anymore. She doesn’t hate him.
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THAT, I think, is the most important thing, the fact that she is at peace. And if she decides to let him back into her life and she finds peace with it then THAT is the most important thing. But for us to speculate about it now, I feel, is a major invasion of her privacy, not to mention insensitive. I think right now the things she might want from her fans is just our sympathy, well-wishes, prayers, and support……NOT our opinion on whether she should allow her father back into her life. Your right, Observer2, respecting her wishes and privacy and letting her be is what we should do.
I want to add something to that….. my hubby was just reading what I wrote and he said “you know,babe,maybe it’s not an invasion of privacy so much as it is her fans just wanting the best for her”……I can see that going on here. But I still think she knows what is best for herself and her family.
i was watching the entertainment shows 2night, ET, the Insider, AH n Extra mentioned the death of Angie’s mom xcept 4 E not sure about Showbiz Tonight though…
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Tabitha Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 8:56 pm
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.
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I would love to see the video!
Anybody please post the video link! Thank you!
I’m now loving Access Hollywood …
Tabitha , thanks for the post!
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krungkrung Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
The TV Guide channel was very repectful. A woman who does the entertainment recap 10 minutes before the hour in the evenings, practically gave a tribute to Ms. Bertrand when she delivered the news. It was also on their news scroll.
I watched E! & Ryan Peecrust mentioned about Marcheline’s death but they put it in the middle of the show. Moronic Ryan talked about it without any facial expression, very cold. He’s so bitter & beggining to act like a little girl by another “sister”…if you know what I mean…so g-a-y
For those of you are not being sincere and taking this as some kind of evil joke to play, this will come back and haunt you.
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I am sorry for the loss of a great and beautiful person inside and out who loved her children without boundaries.
I think Ennio Morricone’s “The Mission” is perfect for a time like this. It’s the sort of music that soothes the soul and peaceful.
Good, eloquent, wonderful and poignant reading in honor of Marcheline guys…thanks to all - some of the things posted tonight, I hadn’t seen previously (the vid of Marcheline & Jackie Bissett at Angie’s premiere, the pics of AJ w/ her Mom and Baby M, and the vid clip of AJ explaining ‘the letter’ and her estrangement from crazy Daddy) - you guys so rock!
I too was wondering what the infotainment shows had to say - I think ‘Access Hollywood’ was very respectful and nice, and from here on out, if I’m watching any of this kind of programming, they and ET will be my choice (sounds like IE wasn’t bad either).
E! is being boycotted by me. That is how I am treating any media outlet, mag or rag that doesn’t give BAMZS respect - BOYCOTT (do not watch or purchase) - it should be the BAMZS fans mission statement. Also, WRITE THEM and TELL THEM what you are doing and why! As we’ve seen here on JJ previously, these programs and magazines and ragazines DO read our e-mails - they pay attention because simply put, we are market share that is laying down the gauntlet, and letting them know we want nothing to do with them until they straighten up and fly right w/ regards to BAMZS. So keep up the good work guys! We are more powerful than we think we are! They listen!
Now, my thoughts on what some might be tired of reading about, Jon Voight. I bring him up only because of what he said in that clip regarding Angelina, and what I think I’ve come to understand about what has driven her in the past. So Voight is a crying mess in that interview right? Well, I won’t say that those are not genuine tears. I think they are. I used to question his actions mainly because I thought he and Angelina though separated, still had had a decent amount of contact. So when I’d see him emoting all over the place, I thought - well, hell - why not do that OFF camera. Now, from reading AJ’s interviews, and hearing her talk about various things - I know that the few pics that we’ve seen of Voight and his kids, the film AJ was in when she was a tot, the Academy Awards pics - these were PHOTO-OPS. He wasn’t there. I mean he really wasn’t there. When he found out what Angie had done (cutting, acting out, etc.), I think the reaction he shows was most likely quite genuine, as he most likely felt remorse that his absence contributed towards this. However he messed up all over again, when he attempted to abuse the newly formed re-connection, and write his thoughts down in this ‘letter.’ Something struck me though, Voight mentions something about Angelina only finding ‘true love,’ when she gets help, etc. - or words to that affect.
I think he gets it right only in recognizing one thing, Angelina did want and need to have ‘true love’ in her life - she found it with Maddox. Before that she was just searching, hence the young marriages, the intense behavior to try and ‘feel MORE.’ Her Dad may have heard her reasons for adopting and moving on from BBT as a ‘plea,’ for help - while Angelina was saying Maddox had saved her. She says on Inside the Actor’s Studio, that Maddox made her believe in fate, and of course by this time, we know that she and Brad are full on. Maddox made Brad possible, and all that came after him, Zahara and Shiloh.
All along, since Angelina was young, I believe her mother’s relationship with Voight confounded her. She saw a woman that she loved, who was strong, very smart whose whole world was her kids, crying for years over a man and making her kids cry and care too.
I’m sure Angie knew ‘love’ was this all encompassing thing that kind of takes control of us. That was the attractive part for Angelina, the part she wondered if she would ever experience. I’ve said this before, it’s behind the reason why Angelina was NOT frivolous and promiscuous. She’s hard-core in love, NOT meaningless or casual sex. That’s why she’s said she didn’t like people touching her - when she feels nothing genuine behind it, she’s repulsed. I believe at various times she’s gotten to anxious, and wanted to ‘hurry’ love up (at 14, with JLM, even BBT) so she manufactured it, and when she was disappointed at that, she started ‘cutting to feel more.’
She’s said as much.
Yet I also think that Angelina, having seen what overwhelming love had done to her Mom, knew that if the love wasn’t a ‘good’ love, then it could have a negative impact on what we hold dear, our children and our lives.
Angie alludes to this when she says she’s “not going to waste one more tear,” on Voight.
I think Angie has always just wanted to feel what Marcheline felt for Voight - that kind of overwhelming love and intensity, but she wanted that with a man who was solid, strong, and deserving - a man who would make her and her family stronger, not rip it apart.
Brad. :-)
I think that’s one of the reasons why she adopted. Say what you will - it’s MY firm beliefe that inherently she knew BBT would head for the hills, it was a test and he failed and she was angry, but in my opinion, she also subconsciously knew what the end reaction would be. Ultimately, she was at peace knowing this wasn’t what she thought it was and was trying to make it out to be. I believe Angie may have even said something similar herself, lol - she’s just that honest.
I guess I’m reviewing all of this again in light of Marcheline’s passing, because I really do think Mom’s know their daughters inside and out, and as someone stated before, she was at peace, not only knowing that Angelina had found ‘true love’ (what even Voight said she wanted in her life), but that it was the kind of love that would be a powerful, positive supportive influence.
Those are Marcheline’s words in People, and you can best believe she meant every one. I think Brad and Angelina gave her a wonderful gift of peace through their love. I hope she got to tell Brad that, I sense that they were close even though together for only a short period.
Okay amateur Psychology Hour is over. LOL
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Jillian Says:
January 29th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Angie needs her daddy at this time.
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For what?
To all those wanting, wishing, hoping to push JV back into Angie’s life no matter what, why weren’t you forcefully ordering JV back to his family when he abandoned them?
Why weren’t you chastising him when he wrote Angie ’said devastating letter’ prior to her venturing into a dangerous place?
Once a decision has been made that someone is no longer relevant to one’s existence on this planet, why should the death of another make one change this stance, parent or no parent? I honestly don’t get the part where Angie now has to reconcile with JV just because her mother
has now passed!! I would actually think her passing makes it more difficult. Re-living the abandonment of a twenty-something year old with two children to raise all by herself made me (a total stranger) weep more for Marcheline and what she had to endure at the hands of JV for most of her life. It did not seem like she was able to trust again in a relationship. I know she dedicated her life to her children but I bet the betrayal stayed with her.
Where were all these sanctimonious ***es when this was going on? Why didn’t they drag JV back to his family and make sure he raised the children he sired?
If something is missing for Angie after all is said and done, and reconciling with JV is the missing part, I am sure she will do it. But if she is at peace with her decision to not have him in her life, then so be it. Wishing or projecting by people irrelevant to this family dynamics will NOT change a thing. The argument that life is too short and one should right every wrong and reconcile with every castaway in order to live with no regrets does not hold if that person is totally at peace with decisions made. Presently, JV is not in Angie’s life, and is not contributing to her existence/happiness and should not be thrust into her life now, simply because he was her sperm donor. Sperm donation does not automatically make him parent of the century! He did not earn it and Marcheline’s passing should NOT confer it on him.
Brad and Angie’s children have SOLID Grandpa Pitt as opposed to flaky Grandpa Voight. There is no rule of law which says they should have both sets in their lives. It will be great if they do, if not, so what? The potential is still there for them to grow up and become wonderful human beings!
Sorry for the LAP, I came out to offer my smpathy but had to address this because the JV fan club was getting on my nerves! - I feel for him but it’s really not about him. He made his bed~~~~~
Peace out to Ms. Bertrand!!!
Condolences to James, Angie & Brad and their three beautiful children. Hope they can take solace in the fact that she is now their resident angel for all times!
~Lil’ Jeannie~
I’m her mother was happy that her daughter was with a fantastic father and a fantastic partner. She died knowing that Angie has everything she could ever hope for, children, love, life, and who cares about the dipshit tabloids and crybabies like Ryan Seacrest.
My condolences to Angelina & her Family.
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