{"id":27749,"date":"2023-08-23T13:48:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=27749"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:48:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:48:55","slug":"kristin-chenoweth-announces-death-of-her-birth-mother-the-ten-plus-years-i-knew-her-were-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/08\/kristin-chenoweth-announces-death-of-her-birth-mother-the-ten-plus-years-i-knew-her-were-magic.html","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Chenoweth Announces Death of Her Birth Mother: &#8216;The ten plus years I knew her were magic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27767\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/08\/Kristin-Chenoweth_credit-@kchenoweth-insta-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27767\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2023\/08\/Kristin-Chenoweth_credit-@kchenoweth-insta-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@kchenoweth \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kristin Chenoweth shared a heartfelt tribute to her Instagram to announce the death of her birth mother, Lynn. Chenoweth was adopted as an infant, and first met Lynn back in 2012. In the Instagram post, she shared a series of photos of her and her mother over the past 10 years, calling her an &#8220;angel&#8221; and praising her for her love of the arts. &#8220;The angel that brought me into this world has passed. Her name is Lynn. Aka Mamalynn,&#8221; she began in the post&#8217;s caption. &#8220;The ten plus years I knew her were magic. So many things became clear to me about myself when I met her and came to really know her. Those of us who knew her loved her light. Her love of music and all things artistic. An artist herself! The mother of beautiful Jennifer and darling Chris. Man she loved her kids!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CwIkuIeA7i1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CwIkuIeA7i1\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Kristin Chenoweth (@kchenoweth)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The actress continued in the caption speaking lovingly of her birth mother and spoke about how she shaped her music taste, loving artists such as Stevie Wonder and Jimi Hendrix while she was in her mother&#8217;s belly. &#8220;In her belly, I became fans of Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall, Jimi Hendrix, and, of course, Billy Ethridge &#8211; my bio dad. The two of them gave me the innate artistic ability I have today.&#8221; Chenoweth spoke about how she and her mother would pray for each other each year, hoping they would be happy. &#8220;Mamalynn prayed for me every year on my birthday, hoping I was having the most perfect life, which of course, I was. I snuck away and prayed for her too, wishing that someday I would be allowed tell her &#8216;thank you.&#8217; Which I did on 12\/12\/12. A beautiful day!&#8221; She continued, &#8220;We didn\u2019t leave anything unsaid in the end. I will miss her till the end of my days. But then, I will fly into the sky, where she will be waiting to greet me, and she will say, &#8216;start singing Babygirl!&#8217; And I will. RIP Mamalynn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many celebrities commented on Chenoweth&#8217;s post expressing their sympathy. Reese Witherspoon commented saying, &#8220;What a beautiful tribute. Sing her song, babygirl.&#8221; Rita Wilson wrote, &#8220;Kristin, I\u2019m so sorry for your loss. What a blessing you got to know each other over these past years. And that she got to know you. Your gratitude in this tribute is so bright and clear. Love you. May her memory be eternal.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristin Chenoweth shared a heartfelt tribute to her Instagram to announce the death of her birth mother, Lynn. Chenoweth was adopted as an infant, and first met Lynn back in 2012. 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