Bethenny Frankel Announces Death of Her Mother Bernadette Birk [Video]

Bethenny Frankel’s mother has died.

The podcaster and former reality star, 53, shared in an Instagram post on Saturday, April 20, that her mother, Bernadette Birk, “died of lung cancer.” The post featured a carousel of images of Birk, who was also called Bonnie, from over the years.

Birk posed alone in some photos, but Frankel was with her mom in many of the images, though the mother and daughter had a difficult relationship, according to Frankel. Frankel’s daughter, Bryn Hoppy, posed with her grandmother in the final photo in the set, wearing a blue sweatshirt.

A Neptune Society obituary confirmed that Birk died on Friday, April 19, at the age of 73.

“My mother has died of lung cancer. She was complex, in pain, isolated and had demons,” Frankel began the caption of her post. “She was the most stunning woman you have ever …