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My mother died of a stroke in 1974, and for a long time, I blamed myself. She was utterly devastated when I told her I was a lesbian not long before.

My mom died when I was 11 years old.

My mum died when I was 11.

My mother had Alzheimer's, and it's a desperately, desperately cruel thing to witness.

My mom died when I was 8.

My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran a shop in Dundee giving a lot of people tick. When he died, a lot of people hadn't paid their bills, so he died with a lot of debt. After he died, my mother went doolally.

My mother left my father in their late 60s.

My mother had early-onset Alzheimer's, and it took her four years to die. She was only 44; I was 14.