Kris Jenner's mother, Mary Jo "MJ" Shannon, has died at the age of 91, the Kardashian matriarch announced in an emotional Instagram post on 16 July 2026. The death marks the loss of a well-known family figure who appeared regularly on the family's reality television programmes and was a central presence across several generations of the Kardashian-Jenner family.

Jenner wrote that her mother was "the heart of our family," crediting her with teaching values of love, kindness and resilience. Shannon featured on E!'s Keeping Up with the Kardashians throughout its run and on Hulu's The Kardashians, and was grandmother to Kim, Kourtney, Khloé and Rob Kardashian, and Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Jenner's tribute described daily phone calls with her mother and said she sees "pieces" of her in her children and grandchildren.