{"id":185312,"date":"2025-08-06T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/jane-etta-pitt-brad-pitts-mom-passes-away-at-84\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:11:02","slug":"jane-etta-pitt-brad-pitts-mom-passes-away-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/06\/jane-etta-pitt-brad-pitts-mom-passes-away-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Etta Pitt: Brad Pitt&#8217;s Mom Passes Away at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have sad news to report out of Hollywood today:<\/p>\n<p>Brad Pitt\u2019s beloved mother, Jane Etta Pitt, has passed away at the age of 84.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/06\/brad-pitt-mom-jane-etta-pitt-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, Jane died sometime in the past few days, and the news only became public knowledge when Brad\u2019s niece and Jane\u2019s granddaughter, Sydney Pitt, paid tribute in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-1024x794.jpg\" alt=\"Actor Brad Pitt (C), (L-R) Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt,, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Jane Pitt, and William Pitt arrive at the Premiere Of Universal Studios' &quot;Unbroken&quot; at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 15, 2014 in Hollywood, California.  \" class=\"wp-image-531861 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-1024x794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-768x596.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-2048x1588.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-960x745.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-1080x838.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-1200x931.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-460529838-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actor Brad Pitt (C), (L-R) Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt, Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt,, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Jane Pitt, and William Pitt arrive at the Premiere Of Universal Studios\u2019 \u201cUnbroken\u201d at TCL Chinese Theatre on December 15, 2014 in Hollywood, California.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-brad-s-niece-pays-loving-tribute-to-his-late-mother\">Brad\u2019s niece pays loving tribute to his late mother<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMy sweet Grammy, Jane Etta, we were not ready for you to go yet, but knowing you are finally free to sing, dance, and paint again makes it a tad easier,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DNBFZZGMxdo\/?igsh=MW84bzBtY2EwMXp2Ng%3D%3D&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sydney wrote on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you knew Grammy, you knew she had the biggest heart,\u201d she continued, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe cared deeply for everyone and everything, no questions asked. She taught me how to paint, how to be strong, how to lead with kindness, to love Jesus through everything, and to find joy in the smallest things. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe made up the silliest games just to make us laugh, and she believed in fairness, in putting others first, and doing good simply because it was the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"Actors Angelina Jolie (2L) and Brad Pitt (R) arrive with Brad Pitt's parents, Bill and Jane Pitt for the Los Angeles premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, December 8, 2008, in Westwood, California.\" class=\"wp-image-531862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-2048x1377.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-960x646.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-1080x726.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-1200x807.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"Actors Angelina Jolie (2L) and Brad Pitt (R) arrive with Brad Pitt's parents, Bill and Jane Pitt for the Los Angeles premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, December 8, 2008, in Westwood, California.\" class=\"wp-image-531862 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-2048x1377.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-960x646.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-1080x726.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-1200x807.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-83960492-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Actors Angelina Jolie (2L) and Brad Pitt (R) arrive with Brad Pitt\u2019s parents, Bill and Jane Pitt for the Los Angeles premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, December 8, 2008, in Westwood, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe could keep up with all 14 of us grandkids without missing a beat. There was no limit to the love she gave, and everyone who met her felt it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brad was not included in any of the photos that Sydney posted in hr tribute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how we move forward without her,\u201d Sydney continued of Jane. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I know she\u2019s still here in every brushstroke, every kind gesture, every hummingbird. She was love in its purest form. We were truly blessed to have her to love on growing up and I know she lives on through each of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Brad and Jane were famously close, and while she mostly steered clear of the spotlight, she joined him at several movie premieres and other red carpet events over the years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt pose with Bill Pitt and Jane Pitt at the after party for the premiere of \" in=\"\" the=\"\" land=\"\" of=\"\" blood=\"\" and=\"\" honey=\"\" at=\"\" standard=\"\" hotel=\"\" rooftop=\"\" on=\"\" december=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-2048x1429.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-960x670.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-1080x753.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-1200x837.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-1024x714.jpg\" alt=\"Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt pose with Bill Pitt and Jane Pitt at the after party for the premiere of \" in=\"\" the=\"\" land=\"\" of=\"\" blood=\"\" and=\"\" honey=\"\" at=\"\" standard=\"\" hotel=\"\" rooftop=\"\" on=\"\" december=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531863 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-1024x714.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-2048x1429.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-960x670.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-1080x753.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-1200x837.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-135006860-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt pose with Bill Pitt and Jane Pitt at the after party for the premiere of \u201cIn the Land of Blood and Honey\u201d at the The Standard Hotel Rooftop on December 5, 2011 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Stephen Lovekin\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While speaking with Savannah Guthrie during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/brad-pitt-accused-of-faking-ines-de-ramon-relationship-for-pr-purposes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promotions for his latest movie, <em>F1<\/em><\/a>, Brad gave Jane a special shoutout:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gotta say hi to my mom because she watches you every morning,\u201d Pitt told Guthrie. \u201cTo Jane Pitt. Love you, Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts go out to Jane Pitt\u2019s loved ones during this enormously difficult time.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/jane-etta-pitt-brad-pitts-mom-passes-away-at-84\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes We have sad news to report out of Hollywood today: Brad Pitt\u2019s beloved mother, Jane Etta Pitt, has passed away at the age of 84. According to a report from TMZ, Jane died sometime in the past few days, and the news only became public knowledge when Brad\u2019s niece and Jane\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-185312","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}