Shirley Cuban: Where Is Mark Cuban’s Mother Now?

Shirley Cuban is the mother of Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks. Shirley’s son Mark is a billionaire entrepreneur and television personality. He is the Majority owner of Dallas Mavericks, Co-owner of 2929 Entertainment, Co-owner of Brondell, and Owner of Mustang, Texas. Shirley is also the mother of attorney, author, speaker, and activist Brian Cuban.

Shirley Cuban: Bio Summary

Shirley Cuban was born in 1937. Her real name is Shirley Rita Feldman. Her parents are Fred Feldman and Sarah Frankel, per sources. She was the daughter of Jewish immigrants to the U.S. Her family lived in the predominantly Jewish Pittsburgh neighborhood of Squirrel Hill.

Shirley Cuban’s son Brian Cuban said his maternal grandparents were Romanian Jewish immigrants while her son Mark Cuban has claimed their maternal grandmother was Lithuanian. She reportedly attended and graduated from Carlow College, currently known as Carlow University in Pittsburgh.

Shirley Cuban’s son Mark Cuban’s Wikipedia page reveals that Mark described his mother to be someone with “a different job or different career goal every other week.” Some sources have it that, Shirley worked as a massage therapist and at an addiction rehabilitation center.

Shirley Cuban met Norton Cuban, an automobile upholsterer. They fell in love with each other and eventually got married. They are the parents of Mark Cuban, Brian Cuban, and Jeffrey Cuban. Mark is a billionaire entrepreneur, television personality, and media proprietor.

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Brian is an attorney, author, speaker, and activist. Jeffrey has stayed away from publicity. Shirley and Norton Cuban moved to Dallas after Mark Cuban bought the Mavericks’ NBA franchise. Unfortunately, in 2018, Norton passed away, at age 92.

Shirley Cuban reportedly moved back to the Pittsburgh area, living in suburban Mount Lebanon. She was an avid Mavericks fan, per what her son Brian said.

Where Is Mark Cuban’s Mother Now?

Shirley Cuban has passed away. She died on February 4, 2022, in the suburban Pittsburgh home where she and Norton, raised their sons Mark, Brian, and Jeff, per multiple sources. She had battled lung cancer for long before her demise. She died at age 84.

Shirley Rita Cuban(Feldman) 1937-2022 pic.twitter.com/GK4pKwTTm5

— Brian Cuban (@bcuban) February 5, 2022

According to her son Brian Cuban, Shirley Cuban died after a long battle with lung cancer. “My mom set her own path and didn’t follow convention. Especially at a time when women were expected to follow convention.”

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Brian Cuban stated on Twitter, “This sums up my mom’s life. She lived it on her own terms, even as cancer ran its course. She was feisty, unique in so many ways, and never met a stranger.”

This sums up my mom’s life. She lived it on her own terms ,even as cancer ran its course. She was feisty, unique in so many ways, and never met a stranger. pic.twitter.com/8x267lVvgd

— Brian Cuban (@bcuban) February 5, 2022

Recently, Brian Cuban shared a post on his Twitter and Instagram handles, where he shared a beautiful picture with his mother. He wrote the caption: “A year ago yesterday I saw my mom for the last time before she passed”.