Jodie Foster’s mother and former manager Brandy dies at 90

Evelyn "Brandy" Foster, who managed her daughter Jodie's career from her child-prodigy years through two Academy Awards, has died, her family said Thursday. Brandy Foster died peacefully at her Los Angeles home of complications from dementia on Monday, her daughters Jodie, Lucinda, Constance and son Bud said in a statement. She was 90. A native of Rockford, Illinois, Brandy Foster came to California as a touring big-band singer and worked briefly for a Hollywood publicist. In her 30s as a single mother, she began managing the career of her third child Bud, who then went by Buddy and was best known for his regular role in the "Andy Griffith Show" spinoff, "Mayberry RFD". H...

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