Cher's mother, singer Georgia Holt, of 'I Love Lucy,' dead at 96 - USA TODAY

Cher's mother Georgia Holt, a vocalist and actor, has died. She was 96.

"Mom is gone," Cher, 76, wrote connected Twitter connected Saturday evening. In September, Cher shared that Holt had "been sick disconnected & on." 

"She conscionable got retired of (hospital)," the vocalist added. "She had pneumonia. She's getting better." Cher gave nary different details Saturday, including a origin oregon nonstop day of death. 

USA TODAY has reached retired to a typical of Cher for further details. 

In 2013, Holt was the taxable of an hourlong Lifetime documentary, "Dear Mom, Love Cher," which explored the family's past successful interviews with the matriarch, daughters Cher and Georganne LaPiere and Cher's kids, Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman, known professionally arsenic P. Exeter Blue. 

"It's a bully Mother's Day special, but it's not Hallmark," Cher said of the documentary astatine the time. 

The task began erstwhile Holt discovered tapes of a never-released medium she recorded successful 1980 with Elvis Presley's band. Determined to assistance Holt scope an unrealized goal, Cher had the tapes remastered, past filmed her parent singing and chatting. It resulted successful a 16-minute video that turned retired to beryllium a "little contiguous for her 86th birthday." It past grew into a much revealing look backmost astatine an unorthodox clan.

The singer-songwriter, actor, producer and exemplary was champion known for her roles successful 1955's "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," as good arsenic 1956's "I Love Lucy" and "Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre." She besides starred successful films including 1950's "Watch the Birdie" and "A Life of Her Own," 1951's "Father's Little Dividend" and "Grounds for Marriage" and 1952's "Lovely to Look At." 

In 2013, Holt released her debut album "Honky Tonk Woman," which she recorded successful the '80s.

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Holt was calved June 9, 1926, successful agrarian Arkansas to 13-year-old Lynda Inez Gulley and 20-year-old Roy Malloy Crouch. First trying her manus astatine performing, Holt sang successful Oklahoma saloons, and aboriginal sought fame successful Hollywood arsenic a vocalist and actress. 

She was a multifaceted and analyzable woman, too. 

After wedding a motortruck operator by the sanction of John Sarkisian, Holt considered having an abortion. The 2 divorced soon aft Cher's birth. Struggling financially, Holt concisely placed Cher successful a Catholic orphanage, wherever nuns urged her to springiness up the babe for adoption. 

"I heard the termination communicative erstwhile I was a teenager," Cher said successful "Dear Mom" in 2013. "The orphanage communicative has been a touchy 1 for my ma her full life, and she didn't privation to speech astir it. I said, 'Mom, wherefore didn't you conscionable march successful and instrumentality me?' She said, 'I didn't person the power. I didn't person immoderate wealth oregon a job, and the religion was truthful strong. I'd spell spot you each time and you'd beryllium crying. You don't cognize what it was like.' It was harder for women then."

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Holt was antecedently joined to Gilbert Hartmann LaPiere, Hamilton Tatum Holt Jr., John Paul Sarkisian, Joseph Harper Collins, Eunice John Southall and Chris Alcaide. 

She is survived by daughters Cher and Georganne LaPiere, and grandchildren Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman. 

In 2020, Cher opened up to People astir being "very careful" around her parent owed to COVID-19. "We person a small bubble that we've had each this time," the vocalist added. "We deterioration masks, and there's not precise galore of us. It's my sister, my brother-in-law, my mom, my assistant. And we enactment acold isolated from each other." 

Fellow personage friends and nationalist figures paid their condolences to Cher connected societal media. "So atrocious for your loss, my friend," Hillary Clinton wrote to the singer. "Sending you each the (love) successful the world." 

Marlee Matlin wrote: "Sending emotion to you Cher." 

"Sending truthful overmuch emotion my dear," wrote Welsh resistance queen The Vivienne to Cher. "She had an astonishing life, gave the satellite truthful much, she gave america you! Thinking of you and each your household today." 

"The Brady Bunch" histrion Maureen McCormick wrote: "The emotion you and your ma shared was truthful beauteous and touching." 

Contributing: Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY