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Nicolas CageтАЩs mother┬аhas sadly passed away.
Joy Vogelsang was 85 when she died in Los Angeles on May 26, according to CageтАЩs brother, Christopher Coppola.┬а
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In a heartfelt Facebook post, he wrote, тАЬMy dear sweet mama died tonight at 10:33pm. Thank you for all your prayers and being with me the last few days.тАЭ
Coppola continued, тАЬShe had a very hard life with mental health issues. In all of that painful emotional chaos she still managed to teach me something super important. My mama lioness told me, her middle son cub, that I was affectionate. I was very embarrassed by the term affection. I thought it was a bad thing, a something to laugh at thing.тАЭ
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тАЬI learned from my mama what тАШaffectionтАЩ really means. I believe only a mama can truly teach that. ItтАЩs not love thy neighbor. ItтАЩs smaller yet bigger. Shake oneтАЩs hand with tenderness and meaning. DonтАЩt let your mind wonder while you hug someone. And, and your kiss should definitely be sincere and in the momentтАжif it is not, well, that adds to hell on earth.тАЭ
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The sad news comes not long after Cage wed girlfriend Riko Shibata in a тАЬsmall and intimateтАЭ Las Vegas ceremony.
The actor has most recently been filming тАЬThe Retirement PlanтАЭ with Ashley Greene.
