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Tennis great Chris Evert's mother Colette passes away at 92
Updated On: 13 November, 2020 10:53 AM IST | Deefrield Beach | AP
Born Jeanne Colette Thompson on June 15, 1928, in New Rochelle, New York, she went by her middle name and was the youngest of 10 children
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Tennis great Chris Evert with her late mother Colette
Colette Evert, the matriarch of a tennis family that produced five children who were successful in the age-group and professional ranks, including 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert, has died. She was 92. She died last Thursday in Deerfield Beach, Florida, according to a tweet by Chris Evert and an online obituary posted by Fred Hunter's Funeral Home in Fort Lauderdale. "At 92, it was her time, and she went peacefully and gracefully," Evert tweeted.
Born Jeanne Colette Thompson on June 15, 1928, in New Rochelle, New York, she went by her middle name and was the youngest of 10 children. In 1952, she married Jimmy Evert, a tennis teaching professional in Florida whom she met at the wedding of a mutual friend in New York. The couple moved to Florida, where Jimmy was the city of Fort Lauderdale's tennis director for 49 years. He died in 2015.
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