MATT GROENING’s mother who was the inspiration for TV’s MARGE SIMPSON has passed at 94.
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MATT GROENING’s mother who was the inspiration for TV’s MARGE SIMPSON has passed at 94.
Margaret Ruth Groening, who achieved worldwide fame as the inspiration for cartoonist son Matt's Groening’s iconic characters in TV's long-running "The Simpsons" series, died in her sleep on April 22 in Portland, Ore reported in The Oregonian. A private obit paid for by family members said she was 94.
Born Margaret Wiggum in 1919, Groening was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants who met on the boat over to America.