Jeff Bezos' mother, Jacklyn Gise Bezos, dead at 78
Jacklyn Bezos was surrounded by family when she died at her Miami home, her son wrote in a touching Instagram tribute.
'Her adulthood started a little bit early when she became my mom at the tender age of 17,' the 61-year-old billionaire wrote in the post.
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Jacklyn Gise Bezos, mother of Amazon magnate Jeff Bezos, has passed away at the age of 78.
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'That couldn't have been easy, but she made it all work. She pounced on the job of loving me with ferocity, brought my amazing dad onto the team a few years later, and then added my sister and brother to her list of people to love, guard, and nourish,' his post said.
An obituary posted to Jacklyn's 'Bezos Scholars Program' remembered the one-time single mother as a lifetime educator who was focused on nurturing and growing children's minds through the program which operates in the US and Africa.
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'Together, we can change the trajectory of an entire generation,' she wrote, according to the site.
'We are not just building brains — we are building the future. Each of us has a role to play, and it will take all of us to really make a difference.'
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