Jazmine and Pam Sullivan at the BET Awards in June 2021 in Los Angeles.Photo:Johnny Nunez/Getty
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Jazmine Sullivanis mourning the loss of her mother Pamela.
The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer, 36, announced onInstagramthat Pamela died on Saturday at age 64, nearly four years after she wasdiagnosed with breast cancer.
“I don’t have the words yet mommy. So for now I’ll say thank you thank you thank you. Rest now butterfly 🦋 10/26/58- 07/22/23 💔,” Sullivan wrote, alongside a throwback photo of her mother.
“I am so sorry. But, it is a wonderful thing for a mother to know she has a daughter who loves her so much. Praying for you and your heart,” added actress Uzo Aduba.
Pamela was a beloved presence in Sullivan’s life, and even joined her onstage at the 2021 BET Awards as the singer accepted her win for album of the year.
“My mom was my biggest supporter since I was a child,” she toldShondaland.comshortly after. “She believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself, so this was a full-circle moment of finally getting the payoff that we worked hard for. Not only that, but her being in a healthy state and being able to experience it with me, it was really beautiful and let her know that I love her and appreciate her. I wouldn’t even have been here without her.”
Jazmine Sullivan and her mom Pamela.
In the same interview, Sullivan said her mom was “super-involved” with her career, and that she often looked to her when making music, as she had “excellent taste.”
The “Pick Up Your Feelings” singerrevealed in 2020that Pamela had been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer in October 2019, flipping their family’s world “upside down.”
Sullivan also shared video of her shaving her head in solidarity with her mom.
“To watch u handle urself w such grace, wisdom, strength and empathy for others while ur going thru the toughest time in ur life has been the most beautiful thing I’ve ever witnessed,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “You mommy, are the prettiest picture, the best lyrics and sweetest melody I’ve ever heard. And I’m so proud of u and proud to be ur daughter.”
In January 2021, the star revealed that the family was celebrating Pamela’s final day of chemotherapy.
“For anyone who’s sent me messages asking [about] how she’s doing.. We’re doing great!” shewrote on Instagramat the time. “Still in the fight but not where we used to be. All cancers are a journey but I feel in my heart we’re on the other side!”
Sullivan previously sang her mom’s praises in asweet Instagram postin 2016 in which she called Pamela a “vibrant, creative, talented, sweet, spunky, smart, sassy, compassionate, giving, honest, spontaneous, free, funny, caring woman of God.”
source: people.com
