Caitlyn Jenner‘s household has misplaced their beloved matriarch
The Olympian’s mother, Esther Jenner, died on April 20 on the age of 96. “I’m heartbroken to announce my mother handed away yesterday morning, peacefully,” Caitlyn wrote in an April 21 Instagram post. “Shedding a mom is exclusive within the sense that she is the one individual that beloved me my whole life.”
Esther’s loss of life got here “a number of weeks shy” of her 97th birthday, Caitlyn shared.
“I’ll miss her tremendously,” the 73-year-old added in her tribute. “Love you mother.”
Followers had been first launched to Esther when Caitlyn appeared alongside ex Kris Jenner and their children on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, showing at varied household features. She went on to turn into a notable fixture on I Am Cait, the E! docu-series centered round Caitlyn’s journey as a transgender woman.
“It appears as if when folks begin to have extra understanding, the stigma of being completely different goes away,” Esther mentioned on one episode of the show. “To me, that is the fantastic thing about [Caitlyn] giving herself permission to do that as a result of—like for any of us—as soon as you’ve got seen one thing time and again, you get extra used to it, proper?”