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Jayne's Youngest Child


Both Mariska and Tony were very young when Jayne died, Mariska was 3 and Tony was almost 2. But Mariska seems to have a little bit more sketchy memories of her mother and has talked openly about her loss.

What about Tony? I know he doesn't have memories (don't remember anything at the age of 1), but how has he dealt with the loss? I remember seeing a documentary on Jayne on the Ovation channel where Matt Cimber said that his new wife at the time adopted Tony as her own child. I think that's good of course, and I'm sure he knows full well by now who his real mother is and Mariska has said that she's close to Tony as well as her other siblings.

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Shes close to Tony?

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Yeah, Mariska said it a few times that she's close to all her siblings.

"Everybody seems to think I'm lazy, I don't mind, I think they're crazy" -John Lennon

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Years ago he was profiled on Entertainment Tonight when some new photos of Jayne surfaced from her movie THE FAT SPY. He was shown the photos and was very emotional...he couldn't get over how much they looked alike. At the time the photos were taken, Jayne was about 5 months pregnant with Tony.

Dammit Carol Sue, where is the vodka?!

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I thought I read somewhere that Mickey Hargitay made it a point to tell the kids about their mother and that's where their memories actually come from.

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