Kelly Rowland and Doris Rowland Garrison

The NY Daily News confirmed the untimely death of singer Kelly Rowland’s mother, Doris Rowland Garrison. The Daily News reports Ms. Garrison passed away on Tuesday at age 66. She would have turned 67 on Saturday.

Update: From The NY Daily News:

The singer announced in a statement that Doris Rowland Garrison died Tuesday in Atlanta at age 66 — days before her birthday on Saturday. The former Destiny’s Child member, who recently became a mother herself, called her mother an incredible soul who made countless sacrifices so she could become the person she is today.

Rowland and her husband Tim Weatherspoon welcomed a baby boy, Titan Jewell, last month.

Garrison has one other child, Rowland’s older brother Orlando.