Overview
- Kris Jenner confirmed the death in an Instagram post on Thursday, July 16, calling her mother “the heart of our family” and posting an extended tribute.
- Multiple family members, including Kim Kardashian, published public tributes that recalled MJ’s daily presence, sense of humor and role as a guiding elder.
- MJ became known to millions through recurring appearances on Keeping Up with the Kardashians and The Kardashians after earlier work as a model and owner of a children's boutique in La Jolla.
- The family has not released an official cause of death; news reports note MJ previously survived breast and colon cancer but do not link those illnesses to her passing.
- Her death follows the 2024 loss of Kris’s sister Karen Houghton and is likely to shape the family's private mourning and the media coverage of upcoming funeral or memorial plans.