Kelley Mack, a better known actress for her work in the horror series “The Living Dead,” He has died at age 33.
A Mack representative confirmed his death to ABC News and said in a statement: “We’ll miss her.”
Actress Kelley Mack arrives at the family premiere of Los Angeles Friends + Dark Sky Films Family and “Broadcast Signal Intrusion” by Queensbury Pictures in IPIC theaters on October 19, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
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In an online statement, Mack’s family said he died on August 2 with his mother and his aunt by his side after a battle with a gliome, a type of tumor of the central nervous system.
“With the indelible sadness we are announcing the death of our beloved Kelley,” Mack’s family wrote in the statement, and also called it “a bright and fervent light.”
“Kelley has already reached many of her loved ones in the form of several butterflies 🦋 ❤️. So many depths will miss her that words cannot express,” the statement added.
In January Instagram publicationMack revealed that after experiencing a “persistent low back pain”, as well as “leg and back shot pains,” they had diagnosed a diffuse gliome of the midline, which described as “an extremely rare type of astrocytoma cancer.”
“Due to biopsy surgery in my spinal cord, I have lost the use of my right leg and most of my left leg, so now I get with a walker and a wheelchair,” he added.
As an actor, Mack portrayed Addy during the ninth season of “The Walking Dead” and Penelope Jacobs in the eighth season of “Chicago Med”, which will return for its eleventh season this fall. It was also known for his role as Alice in the horror movie “Broadcast Signal Intrusion”.
Born Kelley Klebenow, Mack was a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and grew up in Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois, according to his family. He graduated from the University of Chapman in 2014 and lived and worked in Los Angeles during the last decade. She was the oldest of three children, including her sister, Kathryn, and brother Parker Mack, who is also an actor.
In addition to the performance, Mack was also producer, writer and voice artist in off.
Mack’s family said that a “recognition and memory” of Mack’s life will take place on August 16 in Glendale, Ohio, and that another celebration of life will take place in Los Angeles on a date still to be determined.
