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Eminem’s Grandmother Betty Kresin Dies at 87 in Missouri

Reports cite breast cancer complications as the cause.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets citing TMZ report that Betty Kresin died Tuesday at her Missouri home from complications related to breast cancer.
  • Sources say Eminem was not present when his grandmother passed.
  • At the time of the latest reports, Eminem had not issued a public statement on her death.
  • Kresin was the mother of Debbie Nelson, who died in December 2024 following an advanced lung cancer battle at age 69.
  • The news has refocused attention on long-documented family rifts, including Kresin’s 2000 remarks criticizing his lyrics and her later public defenses of him.