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Jingle Queen Ruth Marx, Mother Of Richard Marx, Dies From Lung Cancer

By Shakiel Mahjouri.

Richard Marx

Ruth Marx has crossed to the other side.

Marx, 85, died in her son Richard Marx’s California home on Aug. 24, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. She died from lung cancer and her son confirmed her passing on Monday.

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Pop-singer Richard – known for hit songs like “Don’t Mean Nothing” and “Right Here Waiting” – also confirmed his mother’s passing in a Facebook post.

“Rest now, sweet beautiful Mama,” Richard wrote in the tribute. “What we had between us was the most unique and extraordinary bond I’ve ever known. I can’t begin to thank you enough for everything you did for me, everything you were to me and will always be.

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“My heart is in a million pieces and I will love you with every breath of my life remaining.”

Ruth was a singer and jingle queen with many classic television commercial jingles to her credit. Perhaps her most famous was the tune for Chicken of the Sea tuna: “Ask any mermaid you happen to see, what’s the best tuna? Chicken of the Sea!”

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