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"Just two weeks after Angelina Jolie revealed she had a preventative double mastectomy to lower her risk of breast cancer, the actress&amp;apos; aunt has passed away after battling the disease.\r\nJolie&amp;apos;s uncle, Ron Martin, confirmed to E! News that his wife, Debbie Martin, died Sunday, May 26. &amp;quot;Angelina has been in touch throughout the week and her brother Jamie has been with us, giving his support day by day,&amp;quot; he said.\r\n\r\nDebbie was the younger sister of Marcheline Bertrand, Jolie&amp;apos;s late mother. Bertrand died in 2007 at the age of 56 after a long battle with ovarian cancer.\r\n\r\nEarlier this month, Jolie, 37, revealed she recently had a preventative double mastectomy after learning she carries the BRCA1 breast cancer gene. Brad Pitt&amp;apos;s fiancee and mother of six decided to undergo the surgery to minimize her risk. &amp;quot;I can tell my children that they don&amp;apos;t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer,&amp;quot; she said in her essay for the New York Times.\r\n\r\nJolie&amp;apos;s uncle fully supports her decision.\r\n&amp;quot;We have seen Angelina a number of times since Debbie was diagnosed with breast cancer and Debbie and I were both very proud of her recent decision to have the double mastectomy,&amp;quot; he told E! News, &amp;quot;and to do everything she can to keep her family from having to go through what we&amp;apos;ve been through.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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