Mao Asada's mother passed away at her age of 48.

  It was a fine day, and I took a little longer walk in the morning than usual. I walked as far as Kawazoe, and walked along the river and around the Kawazoe Gymnasium. It took an hour and a half to get back home.
  In the evening, Ayako and I went out to eat sushi in a kaitenzushi nearby. We came back home around seven o'clock.
  Mao Asada's mother died of HC or hepatic cirrhosis. Mao Asada was in Canada to take part in the World Figure Skating Grand Championships Competition, when she heard her mother was in critical condition. On hearing the news, she gave up the competition, and returned in a hurry back to Japan. She was not in time for her mother's last hours.