Nicole Kidman opened up about how a personal loss helped her learn about becoming a death doula. "As my mother was passing, she was lonely, and there was only so much the family could provide," Kidman, 58, said at the University of San Francisco's War Memorial Gym on Saturday, April 11, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Kidman's mother died in September 2024 at age 84. She recalled looking into the career despite it sounding "a little weird.