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Ellie Harrison

Catherine Zeta-Jones shares tribute to ‘extraordinary’ cousin

Photograph: David Buchan/Shutterstock

Catherine Zeta-Jones is mourning the loss of her cousin Gemma, who died last month.

The star paid tribute on her Instagram page on Wednesday night (3 March), sharing a photo of a light and one of Gemma, who was in her 30s, with the caption: “On February 13th my beautiful cousin Gemma left us in this world.

“She was truly a ‘Gem’ to us all and she was truly an extraordinary mother to her five children.

“Tomorrow she will take her final resting place. Join my family and I and leave a light on for Gemma tonight.”

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The loss comes a year after the death of Kirk Douglas, one of the legends of the golden age of Hollywood and Zeta-Jones’s father-in-law.

In one of his last public appearances, Douglas was frail and barely audible in a wheelchair as he helped Zeta-Jones – who is married to his son Michael – present the Oscar for best screenplay in January 2018.

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