One year after Buddy Valastro lost his mom, Mary Valastro, on June 22, 2017, after an eight-year battle with Als, the Cake Boss star candidly opened up about his mother's passing in an emotional new interview. "The day she passed was so mixed. It was a mixture of sadness and relief because she wasn’t really living at the time. This disease is horrible and it takes a toll on you, and she wasn’t that firecracker she always was," he revealed. "I don’t want to remember how she was during the last two years of her life, because that wasn’t her," the 41-year-old recently told People. "I’m sad that the mom I know isn’t here — but with the Als, I’m glad that God took her. I’m relieved for her because it wasn’t fair." Buddy also revealed that Mary's death was much different than when his beloved father,...
- 7/5/2018
- by Julia Birkinbine
- Closer Weekly
This May marks the first Mother's Day since Cake Boss star Buddy Valastro lost his beloved mom, Mary Valastro — but instead of being sad, Buddy and his family have chosen to pay tribute to Mary on this special day. "It’s been nearly a year now without my mother and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of her and her incredible energy," the 41-year-old penned. "I’m so thankful she had the chance to meet, love, and hold all four of my children. To be in the presence of my mother and to know her was such a gift that I will remain forever grateful for," Buddy wrote in a touching Mother's Day message recently published by People. Mary sadly passed away at age 69 on June 22, 2017, from complications of pneumonia following an eight-year battle with Als. "It’s with an extremely heavy heart...
- 5/11/2018
- by Julia Birkinbine
- Closer Weekly
On the finale of Long Island Medium, Theresa reads several people, but her standout session is with the Cake Boss, Buddy Valastro, who lost his mother Mary to Als in June of 2017. Mary Valastro was diagnosed with the degenerative disorder often known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which primarily affects the nerves and spinal cord, in 2011. In our exclusive clip, Theresa begins her session with a funny comment about her hair and Buddy notes that “her [his mother] hair was everything,” as he shared how he accommodated his mother’s needs for her hair styling at his shop. But as […]
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- 5/4/2018
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Buddy Valastro‘s friends and family are sharing touching tributes to his mother Mary Valastro after she passed away on Thursday morning.
Mary suffered from Als and fought the neurodegenerative disease, which affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord, for more than eight years. She was 69 when she died.
“It’s with an extremely heavy heart that I must share the news of my mother’s passing,” Buddy captioned a throwback photo with his mother on Instagram. “She left for heaven this morning, surrounded by the family. This is a difficult time for all of us and I do...
Mary suffered from Als and fought the neurodegenerative disease, which affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord, for more than eight years. She was 69 when she died.
“It’s with an extremely heavy heart that I must share the news of my mother’s passing,” Buddy captioned a throwback photo with his mother on Instagram. “She left for heaven this morning, surrounded by the family. This is a difficult time for all of us and I do...
- 6/22/2017
- by Ana Calderone
- PEOPLE.com
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