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The 28-year-old reportedly said that the recording was taken just before her mother, Marilyn Soriano, was placed in hospice care. Mara says that bear holds the last recording her mother ever made while her voice was still recognizable. \"At hospice her voice was different. Much softer. Not the mom I grew up with,\" she told CBC. \"That bear is the last memory I have of her speaking in her normal voice.\"

Marilyn Soriano lost her cancer battle in June 2019. She was 53. Hopefully, with Reynolds' intervention, Mara Soriano will be reunited with her bear -- and the recording of her mother's voice.

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