Jeff Bezos: His mother Jackie Bezos died

Jackie Bezos, the mother of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (61), is dead. She died on Thursday at the age of 78 after a long fight against Lewy body dementia. The billionaire also shared the sad news via Instagram with his followers.

“She left us today, surrounded by so many people they loved – their children, grandchildren and my father, “. “I know that she felt our love in these last moments. We were all so lucky to have her in our lives. I keep it in my heart forever.”

Jeff Bezos’ wife Lauren Sánchez Bezos (55) was also deeply affected. “We will miss her so much,” commented the journalist and helicopter pilot under her husband’s Instagram post.

Jackie Bezos became a mother early. “Her adult life started a little early when she became my mother at the age of 17. It couldn’t have been easy, but she got everything up and running,” recalls Jeff Bezos.

A few years later, she married his stepfather Mike Bezos and expanded the family with daughter Christina and son Mark. “For the rest of her life, this list of people who loved, protected, protected and nourished heard to grow. It always gave as much more than she ever asked,” says her famous son.

The Bezos Family Foundation, which Jackie founded together with her son, also commemorates her as a “devoted mother”, who always put her children in the first place. “She made countless trips to Radio Shack for Jeff, spent countless hours looking after cheerleading exercises with Christina and dragged drums in the trunk of the family combination for Mark,” the official explanation said.

According to Alzheimer, the Lewy body dementia with which Jackie Bezos 2020 was diagnosed was the second most common form of dementia. The brain disease affects thinking, movement, behavior and sleep of those affected. Despite the serious illness, Jackie Bezos remained surrounded by her family until the end.

Jackie Bezos leaves her husband Mike Bezos, her three children Jeff, Christina and Mark as well as eleven grandchildren and an great -granddaughter. Instead of flowers, the family asks for donations to non -profit organizations or simple acts of friendliness in Jackie Bezos’ memory.