Los Angeles: Angelina Jolie's aunt has died of breast
cancer less than two weeks after the actress revealed she had a double
mastectomy to avoid the disease.
Jolie's aunt Debbie Martin died on Sunday in a San Diego area hospital. She was 61
Martin was the younger sister of Jolie's mother Marcheline
Bertrand, who also passed away from the same disease in 2007, reported
People magazine.
According to Martin's husband, Ron, she had the same defective
BRCA1 gene that Jolie does but did not know it until after her 2004
cancer diagnosis.
"Had we known, we certainly would have done exactly what Angelina did," Ron said.
While Jolie was not able to be with her aunt, she had seen Martin
many times since her diagnosis, and both Jolie and her brother James
Haven had been in contact throughout this past week to lend their
support.
"Angelina has been sending her wishes. She and my wife texted each
other. It was difficult for my wife, during the last few months, to
communicate," Ron added.
The 37-year-old Jolie had that her doctors estimated she had a 50
percent risk of getting ovarian cancer but an 87 percent risk of breast
cancer.
She had her breasts removed first and prepares for more surgery to have her ovaries removed.
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