Cher Mourns Mother Georgia Holt’s Death at 96

The “Turn Back Time” singer is Georgia’s daughter with her first husband, John Sarkisian, who died in 1985. The two split when the pop star, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, was a toddler. Georgia would go on to marry six more times, including to John again in the ’60s, but each marriage did not last.

Georgia met her partner Craig at a quilt-and-bed boutique she opened in the posh Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood, and he moved into her home a month later, the magazine said. The two were in a relationship from 1976 until her death.

Cher has offered glimpses of her life with Georgia on Twitter. “I love my Mom, but Ours Wasnt Always a Marriage Made in heaven,” she tweeted in September. “I Was Stubborn, a Strong, Willed little Child, I Was a Pony Who Couldn’t Be Broken, & It scared Her. I Hoped a Freight car when I Was 9. Read The Book.”

This past April, Cher tweeted, “SO SORRY,WAS AT MOMS & JUST CAME HOME. NO SERVICE AT MOMS,BUT SHE WAS SO HAPPY I STAYED WITH HER.SHE’S A YOUNGTER OF 96 & [loves] 2 TALK ABOUT OLD DAYS,& OLD MOVIES WITH ME. SHE TELLS ME ALL THE TIME”BABE,GETTING OLD ISNT FOR SISSIES”.I SEE & RESPECT HER ALL THE MORE.SHES A TUFF [cookie].”