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\n\t\tKate Beckinsale\u2019s mother died this week aged 78 (Picture: Instagram\/Kate Beckinsale)<\/p>\n
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\n\t\tKate Beckinsale\u2019s mother died this week aged 78 (Picture: Instagram\/Kate Beckinsale)<\/p>\n
Kate Beckinsale<\/a> has been left heartbroken after the death of her beloved mother Judy Loe.<\/p>\n The 51-year-old actress revealed her mother died aged 78 earlier this week \u2018after immeasurable suffering\u2019, just 18 months after Judy\u2019s second husband and Kate\u2019s stepfather Roy Battersby died in January 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n In an emotional Instagram<\/a> post, Kate shared a series of photos of her late mother, and admitted she felt \u2018paralysed\u2019.<\/p>\n She wrote in a caption: \u2018I don\u2019t want to post this. I am only posting this because I have had to register my mother\u2018s death certificate and it will soon become public record.<\/p>\n \u2018She died the night of July 15th in my arms after immeasurable suffering. I have not picked all the best photos, nor the best videos, because I cannot bear to go through my camera roll yet.<\/p>\n \u2018I deeply apologise to any of her friends who are finding out this way or through the press, but I cannot go through her phone<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t \u2018I am paralysed. Jude was the compass of my life ,the love of my life, my dearest friend. The vastness and huge heart of this tiny woman has touched so many people who love her dearly.\u2019<\/p>\n A cause of death has not yet been confirmed, but the Pearl Harbour actress previously opened up about her mother\u2019s lengthy battle with cancer.<\/p>\n Kate praised her \u2018brave\u2019 mother, who was also an actress, for the way she lived her life, and revealed her \u2018greatest fear\u2019 has come true after she found her late dad Richard Beckinsale <\/a>dead aged 31 in 1979.<\/p>\n She continued: \u2018She has been brave in so many ways, forgiving sometimes too much , believing in the ultimate good in people and the world is so dim without her that it is nearly impossible to bear. Mama, I love you so much.<\/p>\n \t\t \t\t \u2018This has been my greatest fear since finding my father dead at five and I am here. Oh my Mama.. I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m so sorry. I am so sorry.\u2019<\/p>\n Judy as diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in 2023, and in February this year, Kate asked followers on Instagram to \u2018say a spare prayer\u2019 for her mother.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Kate shared a video of her tearing up as she sang Bye, Bye Love by The Everly Brothers to Judy in hospital in a reference to a vocal group she had when she was 14.<\/p>\n Kate said she is \u2018trying to keep the Four Teens going\u2019 as she welled up while singing in an emotional video she shared with fans, adding: \u2018I am a very poor substitute not being a very good singer.<\/p>\n \u2018But I want my mum\u2019s dearest and oldest friends in her hospital room with her. (Sylvia) and Chris, please know I\u2019m trying to keep the Four Teens going as best as I can from a distance and I love you both.\u2019<\/p>\n Kate also thanked her mother\u2019s friends for their \u2018support and love\u2019, while jokingly apologising to \u2018anybody in the hospital subject to [her] dreadful singing\u2019.<\/p>\n She said: \u2018It is a mark of my mother\u2019s extraordinary capacity for love and deep respect for relationship history that her friendships with her early school friends are still so very current.<\/p>\n \u2018Love you all but most especially my mum.\u2019<\/p>\n Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate Beckinsale\u2019s mother died this week aged 78 (Picture: Instagram\/Kate Beckinsale) Kate Beckinsale has been left heartbroken after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,75614,693,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-271615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-kate-beckinsale","11":"tag-showbiz","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114873399560468496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Kate](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_259356662-69e2.jpg\")
\n\t\tKate has been \u2018paralysed\u2019 with grief (Picture: Instagram\/Kate Beckinsale)<\/p>\n![\"Kate](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_259356661-565a.jpg\")
\n\t\tShe said her mother died \u2018after immeasurable suffering\u2019 (Picture: Instagram\/Kate Beckinsale)<\/p>\n![\"Kate](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_259356768-d4d5.jpg\")
\n\t\tA cause of death is yet to be officially announced (Picture: Instagram\/Kate Beckinsale)<\/p>\n![\"CANNES,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_251089572-7375-e1747156215333.jpg\")
\n\t\tKate has been open about her mum\u2019s health struggles (Picture: Stephane Cardinale \u2013 Corbis\/Corbis via Getty Images)<\/p>\n