In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2023

Caitlyn Jenner's family has mislaid their beloved matriarch

The Olympian's mom, Esther Jenner, died connected April 20 astatine the property of 96. "I americium heartbroken to denote my ma passed distant yesterday morning, peacefully," Caitlyn wrote successful an April 21 Instagram post. "Losing a parent is unsocial successful the consciousness that she is the lone idiosyncratic that loved maine my full life."

Esther's decease came "a fewer weeks shy" of her 97th birthday, Caitlyn shared.

"I volition miss her tremendously," the 73-year-old added successful her tribute. "Love you mom."

Fans were archetypal introduced to Esther erstwhile Caitlyn appeared alongside ex Kris Jenner and their kids connected Keeping Up With the Kardashians, appearing astatine assorted household functions. She went connected to go a notable fixture connected I Am Cait, the E! docu-series centered astir Caitlyn's journey arsenic a transgender woman.

"It seems arsenic though erstwhile radical commencement to person much understanding, the stigma of being antithetic goes away," Esther said on 1 occurrence of the show. "To me, that's the quality of [Caitlyn] giving herself support to bash this because—like for immoderate of us—once you've seen thing implicit and implicit again, you get much utilized to it, right?" 

"I ever thought that I got my courageousness and my determination from my dada who landed connected Omaha formation and fought each the mode done World War II," Caitlyn said astatine the time. "I'm realizing now, mom: I deliberation I got each of those qualities from you."

Esther is survived by friends and family, including granddaughters Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner.