Vicki Askew dead: WWE boss Vince McMahon’s mother dies aged 101

Vince McMahon’s mother celebrated her 101st birthday last summer (Picture: WWE)

WWE boss Vince McMahon’s mother Victoria Askew has died aged 101.

The family matriarch – whose other son Rod died one year to the day before her own death – is said to have ‘passed away of natural causes’ in her sleep at her home in The Woodlands, Texas on January 20.

Her obituary reads: ‘She was a young 101 years old, and is survived by one son, four grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.

‘Vicki was born on July 11, 1920 in Florence, South Carolina, the only daughter of four children of Orpheus William Hanner and Victoria Kennedy Hanner.

‘The family moved when Vicki was a young girl to Sanford and then to East Sanford, NC where she spent her childhood.

‘Vicki was blessed with two sons, Rod and Vince, both of whom married their childhood sweethearts. Sadly, Rod passed away one year to the day before his mother.’

Vicki – who sang in several church choirs and even played tennis until the age of 94 – enjoyed a career in Civil Service as a secratary and administrative assistant until her retirement from the Chamber of Commerce in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

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As noted in her obituary, funeral services were set to be held on January 22, while a private brurial is set for a later date.

His late mother has been open about her own tough childhood, and in a 2018 interview she recalled her experiences during the Great Depression.

‘My mother had to go to work to support me and my three brothers. She started by selling Avon,’ she said.

‘During the Great Depression, I remember drawing my foot on pasteboard and putting it in my shoe (the sole had holes and no one could afford new shoes).’

Vince is yet to comment publicly on Vicki’s death.

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