Monday on the Wendy Williams Show, Wendy confirmed her mother, Shirley, had passed away.

Wendy said her mother died weeks ago.

She said her mother died beautifully and peacefully surrounded by love.

Wendy described the beautiful relationship between her and her mother as that of two teenage girls.

She said they would sometimes fall asleep on the phone talking to each other.

Wendy said, I feel fortunate to have had her in my life all of my 56 years.

Have you lost a parent? How are you coping? When did it start to get easier?

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