The mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii.
Bernadette Hernandez died on Sunday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist for Mars’ label, Atlantic Records, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak on the record.
Hernandez was aged 55. She died in Honolulu at Queens Medical Center; no other information was given.
Mars is one of pop’s top acts with several No 1 hits including his most recent, When I Was Your Man.
His mother, a hula dancer and a singer who immigrated from the Philippines, nurtured her son’s interest in music at an early age.
Mars penned a song about her called I Love You Mom when he was young and has spoken of how much her support meant to him.
