Angelina Jolie's aunt dies of breast cancer

 

 Angelina Jolie's uncle praised the actress for electing to have a double mastectomy

Angelina Jolie's aunt has died of breast cancer, nearly two weeks after the Hollywood star said she had had a double mastectomy to avoid such a fate.

Debbie Martin passed away at the Palomar Medical Centre in Escondido on Sunday, aged 61, the hospital said.
Mrs Martin was the sister of Jolie's mother Marcheline Bertrand, who died of breast cancer in 2007 at the age of 56.
Her husband, Ron Martin, said the sisters had both had the same mutated BRCA1 gene, which Jolie inherited.
"Angelina has been in touch throughout the week and her brother Jamie has been with us, giving his support day by day," he told E! News.