Anyone who has suffered a significant loss in their lives knows it can change everything, forever.

Such is the case with actor Mark Wahlberg.

There can be no doubt the loss affected the rest of the star’s life from that day forward.

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), and Paul.

But viewers fell in love with Wahlberg matriarch Alma.

Donnie simply said about Debbie’s sudden passing, “It was completely devastating.”

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So I’m glad now she’s changed," Wahlberg said (viaPeople).

Mark Wahlberg with wife Rhea and daughter Ella