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Karu F. Daniels

Mother of 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' star Lisa Vanderpump dead at 84, one year after brother commits suicide

"Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Lisa Vanderpump is mourning another death in her family.

A rep confirmed that her 84-year-old mother Jean Vanderpump has died, according to People.

The unnamed rep said the reality TV star and restaurateur is "devastated and shocked" by the passing and is asking for privacy at this time and was offering no additional comments.

The loss comes 14 months after Vanderpump's 59-year-old brother, Mark Vanderpump, was found dead of a suspected overdose at his home in England last April.

On her "Real Housewives" spin-off "Vanderpump Rules," she said she and her only sibling were "more like twins."

"It's been incredibly difficult, but we have to keep moving forward and make the people that were so important in our lives proud as they watch down over us," she said.

After nine years of being the centerpiece of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," the 58-year old British beauty quit the top-rated Bravo reality series after a nasty row with her castmates, which also include actresses Lisa Rinna, Kyle Richards and age-defying pop star Erika Jayne.

On Monday's episode of the "Rupaul" talk show, Vandepump described the past season of the show as "brutal."

"I started that show this season two or three months after my brother passed, and I just wasn't in the right space," she explained. "I just wasn't as prepared. I found I couldn't deal with something that I could normally deal with. And so it just went on, and then it was cumulative. And in the end, I just said, 'I can't do this anymore. I just can't.' "

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