{"id":117394,"date":"2024-12-03T12:09:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/03\/eminems-mother-debbie-nelson-dead-at-69-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:09:48","slug":"eminems-mother-debbie-nelson-dead-at-69-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/12\/03\/eminems-mother-debbie-nelson-dead-at-69-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem\u2019s Mother Debbie Nelson Dead at\u00a069"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tEminem\u2019s <\/a>mother, Debbie Nelson, has died, Billboard<\/em> can confirm. She was 69 years old.<\/p>\n

\n\tTMZ<\/a> <\/em>was the first to report the news. According to the outlet, Nelson passed due to complications related to advanced lung cancer in St. Joseph, Mo. Billboard<\/em> has reached out to the medical examiner\u2019s office. Reports<\/a> of her cancer diagnosis surfaced earlier in 2024.<\/p>\n

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\n\tNelson was born on a military base in Kansas as the oldest of five children. She married Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. as a teenager, and gave birth to Eminem \u2014 born Marshall Mathers \u2014 on Oct. 17, 1972.<\/p>\n

\n\tEm and his mother went through a turbulent relationship during his childhood and into his Hall-of-Fame career. The Detroit rap icon expressed his derision for his mother on hits such as \u201cCleanin\u2019 Out My Closet\u201d and \u201cMy Name Is.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNelson ended up suing her son for defamation in 1999, seeking $11 million. Although the judge ruled in her favor, she was awarded only $25,000 in 2001 and recouped much less after legal fees, per ABC News.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tShe also exposed a large part of her relationship with Eminem throughout her revealing 2007 memoir, My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tEm had publicly extended an olive branch to his mother while regretting how he handled their relationship over the years on tracks such as 2013\u2019s \u201cHeadlights.\u201d<\/p>\n

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