90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days star Kim Menzies has lost her beloved mother, Sally.
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"My mom passed away last night. No one will ever understand how close her and I were," Kim, 50, captioned a slideshow of photos with her mom from over the years in a touching tribute Tuesday on Instagram.
"She was my #1 supporter and my best friend. I will miss you for the rest of my life but I know you will always be with me and in my heart. I love you Mommy."
Kim added a red heart emoji and a broken-heart emoji to her post.
Kim did not disclose the cause of her mother's death or the circumstances surrounding Sally's passing.
But Sally suffered from rheumatoid arthritis, which is an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, prior to her death. While rheumatoid arthritis cannot cause death, the widespread inflammation can lead to life-threatening complications.
"I live at home with my mother because I'm her primary caregiver," Kim revealed on 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' fifth season.
"She has rheumatoid arthritis in her hips and it's caused her to not be mobile, so I pretty much do everything for her. My mother is my best friend. I love her to death. I would lay down in the street and die for two people in my life, and that is my mother and my son Jamal."
Supportive and sweet comments rolled in from Kim's 90 Day Fiance family, including Season 5 stars Jasmine Pineda and Memphis Smith.
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"So sorry for your loss my Kim," Jasmine wrote.
RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWAnd Memphis commented, "You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers! Keep your head up Kim your mother will still be watching over you as you continue your journey! Love you always."
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way stars Kenny Niedermeier and Armando Rubio also expressed their condolences and told Kim that they're "sorry" for her loss.
"Our hearts goes out to you," Kenny wrote, with Armando adding, "May she Rest In Peace. Hugs to you and yours."
90 Day Fiance 2 star Danielle Mullins wrote, "So sorry for your loss, sending prayers for you and your family."
And 90 Day Fiance 7 star Anny Francisco told Kim, "Sorry love. I know [the] pain. I will praying."
Sally appeared on the first episode of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days' fifth season that aired in December.
On the episode, Kim was preparing to travel to Zanzibar, Tanzania to meet her love interest, Usman, for the first time. Kim, a Super Fan of Usman's music, messaged the Nigerian rapper on social media, which resulted in a friendship.
The couple then talked virtually and on the phone for about a year after.
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"This trip will be the longest I've been away from her since I became her caregiver."
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Usman, coming off a nasty divorce from his Season 4 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days co-star Lisa Hamme, determined that he wanted to get to know Kim in-person before deciding whether or not they should be in an exclusive and serious relationship.
Sally promised her daughter that she would exercise while Kim was gone, saying, "I'll be fine. I'll miss you a lot. I just don't want you to be hurt. I just hope this is all good for you because if it's not, I'll go off and find him and I'll beat the crap out of him!"
Sally worried that Kim would try to be "the perfect woman" again and get her heart broken, but she still gave her daughter her blessing to pursue love with a much younger man.
"I want her to be herself when she goes over there and stay true to herself," Sally said in a confessional.
Sally added, "But what if she goes over there and there's no chemistry? It's going to kill her. It's going to kill her."
Kim, however, believes "love is love," and Sally assured her daughter that she'd be able to come back home if things didn't work out with Usman.
"I know. I know I can," Kim replied, before telling the cameras, "I understand my mom's concerns and I know I'm taking a big risk putting my heart out there like that."
"But one thing I am sure of is that I'm in love with this man and it feels pretty damn good to do something to make Kimberly happy," she said. "Why shouldn't I live my best life? Why shouldn't I? Who's to say this is not going to be my best life?"
90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days currently airs its fifth season on Sunday nights at 8PM ET/PT on TLC.
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