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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kevin E G Perry

Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey says 94-year-old mom died ‘on her own terms’ after cancer diagnosis

Jo Wilder with her daughter Jennifer Grey at the New York premiere of ‘Dirty Dancing’ in 1987 - (Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

Jennifer Grey has paid emotional tribute to her late mother, Jo Wilder, after her death at 94.

The 66-year-old star, best known for her roles in Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, revealed that Wilder had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer.

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