Georgia Holt, actor, singer and Cher’s mother, dies aged 96

Cher (left), pictured with her mother Georgia Holt at Cher’s handprint and footprint ceremony outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles in 2010. Photograph: Sipa/Rex/Shutterstock

Georgia Holt, the singer, actor and mother of musician Cher, has died at the age of 96.

Cher announced the death on Twitter on Saturday, writing “mom is gone”. Cher’s spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg confirmed the news to the Washington Post on Sunday, but other details, including a cause or exact date of death, have not yet been revealed. Holt was admitted to a hospital with pneumonia in September.