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Vânia Nonnenmacher, Gisele Bündchen's Mother, Dead at 75

The model's mother died on Sunday after a battle with cancer.

Nonnenmacher's death was confirmed in a statement released by Hospital Moinhos de Vento -- a medical facility in Porto Alegre, Brazil. According to Brazilian outlet GHZ, Nonnenmacher worked as a bank teller while raising her six children, whom she shared with husband Valdir Bündchen, in the Brazillian town of Horizontina. Bündchen has frequently paid tribute to her mother and celebrated her in social media posts.

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