India, Aug. 7 -- Jane Etta Pitt, the mother of actor Brad Pitt, has died at the age of 84. Sources close to the Pitt family told TMZ that Jane passed away "in the last day or two," while one of her granddaughters, Sydney Pitt, paid a tribute to her on Instagram.

Sydney, who is Brad Pitt's niece and the daughter of his brother Doug Pitt, posted a heartfelt message on Instagram on August 6. "My sweet Grammy, Jane Etta, we were not ready for you to go yet, but knowing you are finally free to sing, dance, and paint again makes it a tad easier," she wrote.

Jane, a retired school counselor, raised Brad Pitt and his two younger siblings, Doug and Julie, in Missouri's Springfield, along with her husband William, who earlier was the owner of a t...