--- title: Jimmy Fallon's Mother Gloria Dies description: The news comes after Fallon canceled a taping of the "Tonight Show" due to a “private Fallon family matter." canonical: https://time.com/5010618/jimmy-fallon-mother-dies/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-05T15:00:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T18:07:11.256Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jimmy Fallon's Mother Gloria Dies Surrounded by Family og:description: Fallon canceled Friday's taping of the "Tonight Show" og:url: https://time.com/5010618/jimmy-fallon-mother-dies/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd16b8cab28c7ac1/6988d9bf0a4a226a889cf7a2/charlottesville-jimmy-fallon-turmp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Fallon's Mother Gloria Dies Surrounded by Family twitter:description: Fallon canceled Friday's taping of the "Tonight Show" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd16b8cab28c7ac1/6988d9bf0a4a226a889cf7a2/charlottesville-jimmy-fallon-turmp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jimmy Fallon's Mother Gloria Dies Surrounded By Family by [Char Adams and Charlotte Triggs / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Char Adams and Charlotte Triggs / People Nov 5, 2017 3:00 PM UTC  The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon at his desk on August 7, 2017. The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon at his desk on August 7, 2017.NBC - Getty Images by [Char Adams and Charlotte Triggs / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Char Adams and Charlotte Triggs / People Nov 5, 2017 3:00 PM UTC [Jimmy Fallon](http://people.com/tag/jimmy-fallon/) is mourning the death of his mother Gloria, who passed away on Saturday, PEOPLE confirms. “Jimmy Fallon’s mother, Gloria, died peacefully on Saturday,” A Fallon family spokesperson told PEOPLE in a statement. “Jimmy was at his mother’s bedside, along with her loved ones, when she passed away at NYU Langone Medical Center in NYC. Our prayers go out to Jimmy and his family as they go through this tough time.” The tragic news comes after Fallon cancelled a Nov. 3 taping of [_The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_](http://people.com/tag/the-tonight-show) due to a “[private Fallon family matter](http://people.com/tv/jimmy-fallon-cancels-fridays-episode-tonight-show/).” A source revealed to PEOPLE then that Gloria was sick and that Fallon, 43, had gone to the hospital to be by her side. “Jimmy comes from a very close knit family, and together with the rest of his loved ones they are by her side right now,” the source added. Although Fallon is known to keep his family life private, he’s shared funny stories and sweet moments about his mother over the years. In June, he revealed to Howard Stern that his[ mother used to be a nun](https://www.howardstern.com/show/2017/6/14/jimmy-fallon-talks-trump-tonight-show-his-moms-short-stint-nun-and-how-he-missed-out-dating-nicole-kidman/). A month earlier, he shared a memory about Gloria as part of a “#MomQuotes” segment for the talk show. “My mom and I were talking on the phone for the third time that day and she actually said, ‘We don’t talk enough,’ ” he [tweeted](https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon/status/862358237282271237). _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/tv/jimmy-fallon-mom-gloria-dead/?utm%5Fcampaign=peoplemagazine&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&xid=socialflow%5Ftwitter%5Fpeoplemag) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://People.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5010618/jimmy-fallon-mother-dies/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5010618/jimmy-fallon-mother-dies/"},"headline":"Jimmy Fallon's Mother Gloria Dies Surrounded By Family","datePublished":"2017-11-05T15:00:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:07:11.256Z","description":"Fallon had canceled Friday's taping of the \"Tonight Show\"","url":"https://time.com/5010618/jimmy-fallon-mother-dies/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd16b8cab28c7ac1/6988d9bf0a4a226a889cf7a2/charlottesville-jimmy-fallon-turmp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Char Adams and Charlotte Triggs / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd16b8cab28c7ac1/6988d9bf0a4a226a889cf7a2/charlottesville-jimmy-fallon-turmp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 4","caption":"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 4","creditText":"NBC - Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5010618/jimmy-fallon-mother-dies/","name":"Jimmy Fallon's Mother Gloria Dies Surrounded By Family"}}]}] ```