Overview

• Jackie Bezos died on August 14 at age 78; some outlets report she passed away at her Miami home surrounded by family.
• The Bezos Family Foundation confirmed she had battled dementia with Lewy bodies since 2020.
• Jeff Bezos’s Instagram tribute highlighted her fierce devotion as a teenage mother, celebrating her role as family matriarch.
• In 1995, she joined Miguel Bezos in providing Jeff a $245,573 loan that later grew to an estimated $700 million in value.
• Born Jacklyn Gise in Albuquerque, she returned to night school after becoming a teenage mother, later marrying Miguel Bezos who adopted Jeff.