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Feb 13, 2017 · Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, has died, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. South, 80, died peacefully in her sleep last week. South, who coped with health issues in recent years, was...
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Mary Lee Pfeiffer was a Louisville, Ky, native who was a teacher when she married Cruise's father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III. The marriage was unhappy and broke...
- She Was Dealing with Health Issues in Recent Years
- She Was Responsible For Inspiring Tom Cruise to Act
- South & Cruise’s Father, Thomas Mapother III, Divorced in 1974
- She Later Married John South, Who Reportedly Refused to Join Scientology
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People Magazine reportsthat South died peacefully in her sleep. The magazine reports that she had health issues in recent years. Cruise’s three sisters joined the actor at a memorial for their mother, who was a special education teacher. She was born Mary Lee Pfeiffer in Louisville, Kentucky. In May 2016, The Daily Mail published photosof South in ...
In a 1986 interview with Rolling Stone, South said that she was responsible for Cruise being inspired to act. She thought she had the talent to break into Hollywood herself. “I was always interested in theater, but I never did anything with it,” she told Rolling Stone. “When I was growing up, if you went to Hollywood, that was really risque. I woul...
South was married to Cruise’s father, Thomas Cruise Mapother III, an electrical engineer. They divorced in 1974. His father died from cancer in 1984. Cruise once described his father as a “bully” in an interview with People. “He was a bully and a coward,” Cruise said of his father in 2006 Parade Magazine interview. “He was the kind of person where,...
South married John “Jack” South in 1978, when Cruise was 16, reports Celebrity Dirty Laundry. Although Cruise and his sisters were close to South, he reportedly refused to convert to Scientology. South and his mother divorced in 2010. South died in July 2015. The Sun reportedthat both Cruise and his mother skipped the funeral. He was 89 years old a...
Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, died at age 80 in 2015. She was a special education teacher, a former Scientologist and the inspiration for Cruise's acting career.
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Feb 13, 2017 · A source says she “died peacefully in her sleep”. Mary Lee South, the mother of Tom Cruise, has died, PEOPLE has learned exclusively. South, 80, died peacefully in her sleep last week.
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Feb 16, 2017 · Mary Lee South, who was also known as Mary Lee Pfeiffer, was a teacher, a minister and a co-founder of the Marco Island Film Festival. She lived on the island for nearly two decades and was remembered as a larger-than-life person and a generous spirit.
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Feb 13, 2017 · Tom Cruise’s mother, Mary Lee South, died last week after battling health issues in recent years, multiple outlets report. She was 80 years old. Cruise’s publicist confirmed the news to HuffPost.
Feb 14, 2017 · Syracuse native Tom Cruise's mother Mary Lee South is dead, according to multiple reports. She was 80. A rep for Cruise told ET that South died peacefully in her sleep last week after battling...
