"I don't like to talk about this much, but my mom passed on when I was 15 and she was an inspiration in my life," he said.

"My mom passed away last year, and the hardest part was thinking, she's not here anymore to love me," Ms. Wainwright said.

"So after the mom passed away I approached the family, but they were adamant and we accepted their decision."

"I was wearing a cat suit my mom had in the 60's and passed on to me," she recalled.

"My mom passed away on Jan. 30," he says.

"Besides my mom passing away when I was 18, this is top three - just because this is my livelihood," he said.

Tragedy strikes Govinda when his mom passes away.

Bike messengers and stroller-pushing moms passed between us; no one paid any attention.

This song really helped me get through a lot of moments of grief when my mom passed away in January 2008.