CNN. "It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Helen Reddy, on the afternoon of September 29th 2020 in Los Angeles.
She was a wonderful Mother, Grandmother and a truly formidable woman," read a statement on Facebook from her children Traci Donat and Jordan Summers.
While an official cause of death has not been released, Reddy had had Addison's disease for decades. She had a kidney removed when she was 17.
She also had had dementia since 2015, according to The New York Times.As a struggling artist, Reddy left her native Australia for the heartbeat of the music industry in the United States and was unsurprisingly met with sexism.