New Delhi, July 17 -- LOS ANGELES - Kris Jenner broke the news the way she has broken most private truths about her family, through Instagram. "Today, we said goodbye to my beautiful Mommy MJ," she wrote Thursday, before adding that there were no words sufficient to capture "what she has meant to me or the heartbreak of having to say goodbye." MJ Shannon died July 16, 2026, at the age of 91, according to ABC News.

Shannon's death closes a chapter that predates the cameras, the deals, and the branded empire her daughter would one day manage. She was not a household name in the way her grandchildren became, but her influence was foundational. Shannon's role was structural, the kind that shapes ambition before ambition knows its own name. ...