Kristin Chenoweth is mourning the loss of her biological mother, Lynn.
The Broadway star took to Instagram Saturday to announce the sad news.
“The angel that brought me into this world has passed,” the 55-year-old wrote alongside several photos of when the two met for the first time in 2012. “Her name is Lynn. Aka Mamalynn.”
Chenoweth, who was adopted as an infant, described the years she got to spend with Mamalynn as “magic,” acknowledging, “Those of us who knew her loved her light.”
“Her love of music and all things artistic. An artist herself!”
The actress shared how she became “fans of Stevie Ray and Jimmie Vaughan, Doyle Bramhall, Jimi Hendrix and, of course, Billy Ethridge – my bio dad” while Mamalynn was pregnant with her.
“The two of them gave me the innate artistic ability I have today.”
Chenoweth also her biological mom had a sweet tradition for her daughter’s birthday.
“Mamalynn prayed for me every year on my birthday, hoping I was having the most perfect life, which of course, I was,’ she wrote.
“I snuck away and prayed for her too, wishing that someday I would be allowed tell her ‘thank you.’ Which I did on 12/12/12. A beautiful day!”
“We didn’t leave anything unsaid in the end,” she added, concluding her post, “I will miss her till the end of my days. But then, I will fly into the sky, where she will be waiting to greet me, and she will say, start ‘singing Babygirl!’ And I will. RIP Mamalynn ❤️.”
Chenoweth has always been open about her adoption story, stating Mamalynn “gave me life” while her Junie “gave me a life.”
On July 29, she celebrated her 55th “gotcha day” with a photo of herself and her father Jerry and mother Junie.
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Such a sweet tribute for a wonderful woman. It’s great that Kristen was able to spend the last 10 plus years getting to know her biological mother, what a special treat that must have been for both.
