Mother Mary Angelica (born Rita Antoinette Rizzo) also known as Mother Angelica, was an American Roman Catholic nun of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration best known as a television personality.

She was born on April 20, 1923, in Canton, Ohio, the United States to her parents  Mae Helen Gianfransisco and John Rizzo.

She was the only child of her parents who divorced when she was seven after her father abandoned the family when she was only five.

Mother Angelica was best known for being the founder of the international broadcast cable television network Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and the radio network WEWN. EWTN became a voice for Catholics worldwide.

Did Mother Angelica die on Easter? What happened to Mother Angelica?

Mother Angelica died six years ago on Easter, March 27, 2016. She died at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville, which she founded.

She passed away at the age of 92 from complications due to the stroke.