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\"I honor you by trying to create magic for my family just like you did for us. I love you deeply,\" she continued. \"I'm so grateful you were our mom.\"

\"Always and forever mom ♥️,\" she added.

Hewitt also took to Instagram last year to remember her mother, whom she called her \"best friend.\"

Hewitt's mother died in 2012 from complications due to cancer. She was 67.

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PHOTO: Jennifer Love Hewitt and mother Patricia Mae attend the opening night of the Broadway production of "Ring of Fire" in New York City, Mar. 12, 2006.
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At the time, the Hewitt family released a statement sharing the news of her death and said \"she was an angel to all who knew her.\"

Hewitt has three children with husband Brian Hallisay: Autumn James, 9, Atticus James, 7, and Aidan James, 1.

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