{"id":754963,"date":"2024-12-03T16:45:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T21:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/?p=754963"},"modified":"2024-12-03T20:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T01:05:41","slug":"eminems-mom-debbie-nelson-dead-at-69-after-lung-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/entertainment\/eminems-mom-debbie-nelson-dead-at-69-after-lung-cancer-battle","title":{"rendered":"Eminem\u2019s Mom, Debbie Nelson, Dead at 69 After Lung Cancer Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eminem\u2019s mother, Debbie Nelson, has died from lung cancer complications, according to a report. She was 69.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nelson died on Monday night in St. Joseph, Missouri, just months after her diagnosis was revealed to the public,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/12\/03\/eminem-mom-debbie-nelson-dead\/\">TMZ reported<\/a>. In September, a source told <em>InTouch Weekly<\/em> the she was\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intouchweekly.com\/posts\/eminems-mom-is-terminally-ill-with-advanced-lung-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terminally ill with advanced lung cancer<\/a>,\u201d and that her famous son had yet to visit her at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are not many options\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2024\/12\/03\/eminem-mom-debbie-nelson-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[for Debbie]<\/a>,\u201d the source added. \u201cShe is currently staying between the cancer center and with family members. She has a very limited amount of time [left].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rapper, born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, has not shied away over the years from discussing his rocky relationship with his mother. In his 1999 track \u201cMy Name Is,\u201d Eminem claimed Nelson \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Eminem-my-name-is-lyrics\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">does more dope than I do<\/a>.\u201d He also seemingly put her on blast for abuse and neglect in his 2002 track \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RQ9_TKayu9s\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cleanin\u2019 Out My Closet<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eminem\u2019s mother, Debbie Nelson, has died from lung cancer complications, according to a report. She was 69. Nelson died on Monday night in St. Joseph, Missouri, just months after her diagnosis was revealed to the public,\u00a0TMZ reported. In September, a source told InTouch Weekly the she was\u00a0\u201cterminally ill with advanced lung cancer,\u201d and that her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":754970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"nota_seo_page_title":"","nota_seo_page_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[65,64],"tags":[5389],"featured":[],"internal-tag":[256],"series":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Debbie Nelson, Mother of Eminem, Dies at Age 69<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eminem\u2019s mother, Debbie Nelson, has died from lung cancer complications, according to a report. 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