😱 Georgia Holt, Singer, and Mother of Cher Dies at 96

Cher's mom, Georgia Holt, has died. She turned into 96.

The musician, 76, found out the information on Twitter early Saturday morning. "Mom is gone," Cher tweeted along a sad-face emoji.

The information comes 3 months after the pop celebrity found out at the social media platform that her mom turned into hospitalized with pneumonia in September.

"Sorry I've Been Mia. Mom's Been Sick Off & On. She Just Got Out Of Hosp. She Had Pneumonia," Cher wrote on the time, including in a follow-up tweet: "She's Getting Better."

Never pass over a tale — join up for PEOPLE's unfastened each day e-newsletter to live updated at the exceptional of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy superstar information to driving human hobby memories.

Cher formerly spread out approximately her mom's fitness whilst she instructed PEOPLE that she could get examined for COVID-19 "all of the time" and attempted to be "very cautious" together along with her aged mom amid the 2020 vacation season.

👉 1 Killed, And 3 Injured After 2 Separate Shootings

👉 Aaron Carter, Dead At 34

"We have a bit bubble that we have got had all this time," she stated. "We put on masks, and there is now no longer very lots of us. It's my sister, my brother-in-law, my mom, my assistant. And we live a ways aside from every other."

She added: "I need to be cautious too due to the fact I even have asthma. ... I even have one-of-a-kind fitness problems."

Cher Reveals What She Learned From Her Mom

Holt — an actress, version and singer — turned into born in Arkansas in 1926 because the daughter of 13-year-antique Lynda Inez Gulley and 21-year-antique Roy Malloy Crouch.

She ultimately landed roles in movie and on tv after shifting to Los Angeles, from 1950's Watch the Birdie to I Love Lucy.

👉 1 Killed, And 3 Injured After 2 Separate Shootings

👉 Aaron Carter, Dead At 34

She additionally made appearances on The Mike Douglas Show and The Merv Griffin Show in 1979 and 1980, ultimately freeing her debut album Honky Tonk Woman in 2013, which she recorded withinside the '80s.

Back in 2013, round the discharge of Lifetime's one-hour unique Dear Mom, Love Cher, the musician spoke to PEOPLE approximately instructions she's found out from Holt for the duration of her existence — in particular developing up together along with her and sister Georganne LaPiere Bartylak withinside the San Fernando Valley.

The documentary instructed Holt's tale from Holt herself and lots of her relatives — along with Cher and Bartylak, in addition to grandchildren Chaz Bono and Elijah Blue Allman.

"She in no way gave me and my sister recommendation due to the fact, truthfully, she knew we would in no way take it," Cher stated of her mom. "

Instead, we found out approximately existence via way of means of paying attention to her speak approximately the matters she did incorrect and the matters she did right."

Want to get the largest memories from PEOPLE each weekday? Subscribe to our new podcast, PEOPLE Every Day, to get the vital superstar, enjoyment and human hobby information memories Monday thru Friday.

When Cher turned into little, she stated she remembered her mom and her pals being "so beautiful," with Holt herself being an "high-quality dresser." Since Cher turned into "truly strong-headed" she and Holt "fought a lot."

"I did a pair of factors like jogging away once I turned into 11," Cher instructed PEOPLE on the time. "I hopped a educate with my pals. I turned into simply very adventurous – however in no way disrespectful. She would not have positioned up with that."

Holt — who Cher found out usually "harassed the significance of being positive that the man or woman you're with is the man or woman you love" — turned into married and divorced six times, however "likely could had been married simply once" if she grew up in a one-of-a-kind time, Cher stated.

"I had a bit hassle together along with her over Sonny [Bono], however that failed to take her too lengthy to get over," Cher instructed PEOPLE. "She listened first earlier than creating a judgment, so I ought to usually speak to her approximately my romances."

👉 1 Killed, And 3 Injured After 2 Separate Shootings

👉 Aaron Carter, Dead At 34