Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s mother dies from cancer | WBNS-10TV Columbus, Ohio



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KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) – Brenda Jackson, mother of Dale Earnhardt Jr. and long-time employee at JR Motorsports alongside her daughter Kelley Earnhardt Miller, has died of cancer. She was 65 years old.

The team announced his death on Monday.

Jackson was the daughter of NASCAR manufacturer Robert Gee, who had built cars for various racers, including the late Dale Earnhardt. She married Earnhardt in 1972, she had two children and Dale Jr. and Kelley stayed with their mother when the couple separated and Earnhardt pursued a career in NASCAR.

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After the fire left the homeless trio, Jackson moved to Virginia and Dale Jr. and Kelley moved to live with their father. She married Norfolk firefighter Willie Jackson in 1985 and returned to North Carolina to work with Kelley. Dale Jr. Jackson joined the race team owned by his two children as an accounting specialist in 2004. Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500.

Jackson was a strong supporter of his son's decision to retire from the race full-time because of concussions, and was a tireless supporter of the Dale Jr. Foundation and other charitable causes.

She is survived by her husband, two children, a daughter-in-law, six grandchildren and two brothers.

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