TMZ is reporting, Comedy Store founder and owner Mitzi Shore has died. She was 87.

Mitzi, Pauly Shore‘s mom, died in Los Angeles Wednesday morning after a long fought battle with Parkinson’s disease.

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Mitzi’s Comedy Store was the launching pad for some of the biggest comics in the world, including Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, Arsenio Hall and Roseanne Barr. Mitzi had been in hospice for a while, and Pauly took her to the Comedy Store Monday afternoon to say goodbye.

Pauly told TMZ that his mother was not suffering when she passed away.