Eamonn Holmes has announced that his mum has sadly died aged 93.
The 62-year-old took to Instagram on Friday afternoon to share the news with his fans.
In the post, the North Belfast man said: "My four amazing brothers and I said goodbye for the last time to our beautiful mum Josie this afternoon. She's at last reunited with daddy now.
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"That is our only consolation. We loved and will miss her so much.
"Every time I visited her she came to the door to bless me with holy water and wave goodbye.
"Now sadly it really is Goodbye Mummy x."
On International Women's Day back in March, Eamonn labelled his mum Josie as his "hero".
He said: "Suffice to say... She gave birth to me, she formed the man I am. She's 93, frail, but her mind is sharp as a tack. She's Josie. She's my Hero."
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