Eminem’s mum Debbie Nelson ‘dies aged 69 after cancer diagnosis’

Eminem’s mom, Debbie Nelson, has died at the age of 69, it has been claimed.

The Without Me rapper’s mother is thought to have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer earlier this year.

According to TMZ, sources said that she died last night in Missouri, following a battle with cancer.

Her loved ones, including the musician – real name Marshall Mathers – have yet to speak publicly over their loss.

The Kansas native had had a fraught relationship with her first son, who she welcomed with her first husband, Marshall Bruce Mathers, in 1972.

She went on to welcome a second son 14 years later, introducing Nathan Samra-Mathers with Fred Samra Jr in 1986.

Speaking about Eminem’s birth in her book, My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem, she recalled: ‘From the moment he was born, my son Marshall was a beautiful actor.

‘He knew exactly how to look at me from under his long dark eyelashes and put on a show.’

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