Marjorie Grande, the beloved “Nona” by Ariana Grande died. She was 99 years old.
The Grande family announced on Tuesday their death on social networks.
“We are devastated to share that the beloved matriarch of our family has died. Marjorie (Nonna) Grande went peacefully at home and was surrounded by her family and loved ones for each moment of her last weeks,” they wrote in the post. “We thank you for your love, your support and for our respect for our private life while we cry and celebrate his beautiful extraordinary life. Love, the big ones. ”
Joan Grande’s mother, Marjorie had two children with her late husband Frank Grande, Judy and Joan. She has three grandchildren, including Ariana and her brother Frankie, and the only daughter of Judy, Lani.
Frankie paid tribute to her late grandmother on Instagram, writing: “I love you endlessly, my sweet nonna. I miss you more than words cannot hold. My heart is broken, but I feel you on me, already so proud of everything I have done and everything that is about to come. ”
Marjorie, who would have been 100 years old in October, was a robust career enthusiast of Ariana, and the Oscar candidate was frank of his love for her grandmother. After Wicked Released last year, the singer of “We Can’t Be Be Friends” shared a photo of herself, her grandmother and her brother on her Instagram stories, where she noted that she had “stolen for Boca [raton, Florida] for a day watching [Wicked] With Nonna. “”
Ariana also hit Marjorie throughout her career as a award -winning musical artist. During her performance in 2018 in “God is a woman”, Ariana honored the scene alongside Marjorie, Joan and Lani, and she notably appeared in her musical discography. She is credited as the only star artist on the closing piece of her 2024 album eternal sun.
Marjorie’s feature film on “Ordinary Things” was historic, making her the highest artist to appear on the Display panel Hot 100 after having made her debut at n ° 55. Ariana commemorated the feat on Instagram at the time, writing: “Celebrating the one and only, the most beautiful nonna who now marked the story to be the most senior most people to appear on the @billboard hot00”, alongside a photo of its non-annuing with a disk plate.
In the Outro of the song, Marjorie shares the advice of her marriage to Frank. “I mean, I could have wrapped and having left a million times / You know?” It’s not that we have never fought, you can overcome this, you know? It’s very easy / and as I said to him, never go to bed without kissing the right night / It’s the worst thing to do, never do that, “and if you can’t, and if you don’t feel comfortable / you are in the wrong place, go out”, she says on the follow -up.
The survivors include his daughters; Joan and Judy, and his grandchildren; Lani, Frankie and Ariana.
