They remembered not the celebrity first, but the mother who filled rooms with wild energy, stray animals, and loud, unfiltered love. True and Lillie spoke of a woman who faced her final illness with the same defiant spirit she brought to every set, insisting on joy even as her strength disappeared. To them, she was better than any role she ever played, a constellation of warmth, chaos, and unwavering devotion.
As messages from fans and friends poured in, from John Travolta’s aching promise to meet again to Jamie Lee Curtis’s small, tender memories, her impact became impossible to ignore. In quiet hospital corridors, staff cared for her gently, aware of what she meant to so many unseen lives. Her children now ask for privacy, but not for silence; they hope her legacy of courage, humor, and relentless life will echo every time someone laughs a little louder in her name.
