<p><strong>Los Angeles:</strong> Actor Tom Hanks' paid tribute to his mother Janet Marylyn Frager on Instagram following her death at the age of 84.</p>
<p><img title="Tom Hanks" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2015/oct/7Tom-Hanks-1.jpg" alt="Tom Hanks" width="670" height="710" /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><strong><em>Tom Hanks</em></strong></span></p>
<p>"This beauty? My mom," he captioned a glamorous old portrait of Frager.</p>
<p>"She was the difference in many lives. Many lives. We say goodbye to her today. Safe crossing, mom!" the Oscar-winner wrote.</p>
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<p>The 60-year-old "Forrest Gump" star's wife, Rita Wilson, also shared an image of her husband alongside his mom.</p>
<p>"This wonderful lady gave birth to my husband, and three other children. Thank you for bringing my love into the world.</p>
<p>She is at peace now," Wilson captioned the black-and-white photo.</p>
<p>Frager shared Tom, as well as three other children, Jim, Sandra and Larry, with her ex-husband, Amos Hanks. Tom's father, Amos, and Frager divorced in 1960. Amos passed away in 1992.</p>

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