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\"Thank u ma for gifting me, pure love. You will always be my first love happy bday woman. Baby boy misses you,\" he continued in another post, sharing a throwback photo.

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A post shared by Marlon Wayans (@marlonwayans) on Jul 23, 2020 at 10:46am PDT

It is not clear when Wayans' mother died, but he celebrated her life Thursday, on his 48th birthday and what would have been her 82nd birthday. In another post, he expressed being grateful for his life, family, and friends, and smiling \"in the worst of times.\"

\"I’ve lost so much but I’m shedding skin. The old me is being put through [the] fire to come out of this better than ever,\" he wrote. \"I know great things are ahead of me. I’m grateful for simple things like life in general. I woke up today 48 years old, looking 20 something.\"

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A post shared by Marlon Wayans (@marlonwayans) on Jul 23, 2020 at 9:30am PDT

\"Greenleaf's\" Dondre T. Whitfield, Lee Daniels, Malik Yoba, Kym Whitley, Omar Epps and more sent their condolences and birthday wishes in the comments.

The Wayans family is responsible for numerous hit TV shows and films over the last two decades, created by Marlon, Keenen, Damon, Shawn, Dwayne and Kim Wayans, and their other siblings.

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