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.