Mother dies of lung cancer age 80
Roberts’ mother, Betty Lou Motes, dies at St John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, after losing battle to lung cancer. She had been living with the actress’ family at their home in Los Angeles.
Roberts, Moder marry
Roberts exchanges vows with her cameraman boyfriend Moder during a midnight ceremony at her ranch outside Taos. The bride wears pale pink cotton halter dress embroidered with pearls, antique beads and hand painted with flowers.
I hope that there are people who agree that I have done some good, kind things in my life, but to really, ultimately, stand fully in a moment of realizing that I was born to love and to be the wife of this man.