Rest in peace Wednesday

[TVShowAddict]

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That is terrible news! She played the role perfectly! Rest in peace Lori! Now John Astin is the only surviving cast member left

[Alan Brady's Hair]

Really one of the better kid actors in sitcoms. RIP

[paul.austin]

If you had said to people when the series ended 57 years ago that the Gomez actor would end up being the last one standing, few would have believed you.

[paul.austin]

Lisa Loring's long-term smoking led to chronic hypertension which led to a massive stroke.

I also saw it happen to my mother.

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Originally Posted by paul.austin

Lisa Loring's long-term smoking led to chronic hypertension which led to a massive stroke.

I also saw it happen to my mother.

From her friend's Facebook post:

It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring. 4 Days ago she suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure. She had been on life support for 3 days. Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night. She is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams.

Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa's legacy in the world of entertainment is huge. And the legacy for her family and friends -- a wealth of humor, affection and love will long play in our memories. RIP, Lisa. Damn, girl...you were a ton of fun.

[paul.austin]

Without Loring, there would be no Ricci or Ortega.

[TheLittleFaerie]

Originally Posted by paul.austin

Without Loring, there would be no Ricci or Ortega.

I never understood how Wednesday evolved into such a dark character. In the 60s show, she was the sweetest one in the family

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Originally Posted by paul.austin

If you had said to people when the series ended 57 years ago that the Gomez actor would end up being the last one standing, few would have believed you.

John Astin even managed to outlive Raul Julia, who portrayed Gomez in the 1991 movie and its 1993 sequel Addams Family Values, before succumbing to cancer at the age of 54 in 1994.

[biffbronson]

Rest in peace, Lisa

[stevea]

Sad news. RIP.

She was the cutest kid!

[Zoneboy]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadlin...235243958/amp/

Lisa Loring, best known for bring Wednesday Addams to life in The Addams Family sitcom in the mid-1960s, has died. She was 64.

Loring’s close friend Laure Jacobson shared in a Facebook post news of her death on January 28 after the actor was taken off life support following “a massive stroke.”

“It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring. 4 Days ago she suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure. She had been on life support for 3 days. Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night,” Jacobson informed on the social media post.

She continued, “She is embedded in the tapestry that is pop culture and in our hearts always as Wednesday Addams. Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa’s legacy in the world of entertainment is huge. And the legacy for her family and friends — a wealth of humor, affection and love will long play in our memories. RIP, Lisa. Damn, girl…you were a ton of fun.”

Loring’s work as Wednesday Addams had recently resurged following Jenna Ortega’s portrayal of the iconic character in the Netflix series. Loring was the original Wednesday in the first live-action adaptation of Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons. The show produced 64 episodes between two seasons from 1964 through 1966.

After The Addams Family, Loring, who was born Lisa Ann DeCinces in Kwajelein, Marshall Islands on February 16, 1958, went on to make appearances on multiple shows like The Phyllis Diller Show, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Fantasy Island, Barnaby Jones and As the World Turns, where she had a recurring role as Cricket Montgomery.


Loring went on to reprise her Wednesday role in 1977 in the television movie Halloween with the New Addams Family. Her last acting credit was in 2015 with the film Doctor Spine.

[Mr. Television]

I'm shocked. R.I.P. Lisa.

[Willbo]

Very sad news. So young. RIP.

[paul.austin]

Originally Posted by TheLittleFaerie

I never understood how Wednesday evolved into such a dark character. In the 60s show, she was the sweetest one in the family

As a survivor of ab*se in childhood (female disability aide at school who beat me for refusing to use my paralysed left hand and arm) the praise of "dark Wednesday" from women reviewers is disquieting and unnerving. Women don't only kill or act violent in response to ab*se - that is just a comforting falsehood.

[D-Dey]

Originally Posted by paul.austin

Without Loring, there would be no Ricci or Ortega.

I know. This is why I scowl when I see people refer to Christina Ricci as the original Wednesday. Sure, she was terrific in the role, but she wasn't the original.