The mother of “Good Morning America” host Robin Roberts has died, ABC News reported early Friday.
Roberts made it home to Mississippi to see her 88-year-old mother, who died Thursday evening, according to the news network.
The morning show host was preparing to leave the show Friday to take an extended medical leave, but left a day early to help her ailing mother.
The anchor’s extended medical leave follows her June announcement that she’s been diagnosed with MDS, a rare blood disorder that affects the bone marrow
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