Jeff Bezos Mother, Jacklyn Gise Bezos, Dies At 78

Amazon laminitis Jeff Bezos' mother, Jacklyn Gise Bezos, has died pursuing a conflict pinch Lewy assemblage dementia, he announced connected Instagram. She was 78.

Gise Bezos died successful her Miami location connected Thursday, according to nan Bezos Scholars Program, a instauration she started pinch her husband, Mike Bezos.

"After a agelong conflict pinch Lewy Body Dementia, she passed distant today, surrounded by truthful galore of america who loved her — her kids, grandkids, and my dad," Bezos, her eldest son, wrote successful an Instagram station connected Thursday. "I cognize she felt our emotion successful those last moments."

Lewy assemblage dementia is simply a type of dementia successful which macromolecule bodies called Lewy bodies create successful nan brain's nervus cells, impacting nan regions progressive successful movement, representation and thinking, according to nan Mayo Clinic.

"Lewy assemblage dementia causes a diminution successful intelligence abilities that gradually gets worse complete time," nan Mayo Clinic said. "People pinch LBD mightiness spot things that aren’t there, known arsenic ocular hallucinations. They besides whitethorn person changes successful alertness and attention."

Other symptoms of LBD see slowed movement, confusion, slump and representation loss, according to nan Mayo Clinic. It is nan 2nd astir communal type of nan dementia aft Alzheimer's.

Gise Bezos was calved successful Washington D.C. and yet moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico pinch her family, according to nan Bezos Scholars Program. She had her first child, Jeff, erstwhile she was successful precocious schoolhouse astatine nan property of 17.

"As a young, azygous mom, Jackie was relentless — taking nighttime schoolhouse classes pursuing precocious schoolhouse and moving successful a slope by day," nan instauration said successful their announcement of her death. "Her displacement overlapped pinch a young Cuban migrant who worked nan nighttime displacement named Miguel (Mike) Bezos. The 2 fell successful emotion and were joined connected April 5th, 1968, successful what would beryllium nan opening of a heavy lifelong business crossed each facet of their lives."

The mates had 2 children together, Christina and Mark, and Gise Bezos "dedicated her life to her family and poured her bosom into raising her children pinch compassion, patience, and wisdom," nan instauration said.

In his connection connected her death, Bezos highlighted that his mother’s adulthood started early because she had him young.

“That couldn’t person been easy, but she made it each work,” Bezos wrote. “She pounced connected nan occupation of loving maine pinch ferocity, brought my astonishing dada onto nan squad a fewer years later, and past added my sister and relative to her database of group to love, guard, and nourish. For nan remainder of her life, that database of group to emotion ne'er stopped growing. She ever gave truthful overmuch much than she ever asked for."

But Gise Bezos was besides dedicated to education. At nan property of 45 successful 1991, she went backmost to schoolhouse and earned a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Elizabeth University successful New Jersey.

"Returning to assemblage arsenic an big and pursuing her ain acquisition was conscionable different illustration of Jackie’s determination and grace," nan instauration said. "Her committedness to individual maturation was an inspiration to each who knew her and a powerful reminder that it’s ne'er excessively precocious to travel your dreams."

In 2000, Gise Bezos founded nan Bezos Family Foundation pinch her husband, children and their families, and successful 2005, they founded nan Bezos Scholars Program, helping to connection activity improvement programs to outstanding students from nan U.S. to Africa, per their website.

Gise Bezos’ decease comes conscionable awkward of 2 months aft her billionaire boy joined Lauren Sánchez in Italy. The lavish events celebrating nan mates were attended by Oprah, Queen Rania of Jordan, Ivanka Trump and galore different VIPs.

"We were each truthful fortunate to beryllium successful her life," Bezos wrote astir his mother. "I clasp her safe successful my bosom forever."

"I emotion you, mom."