Actor Kelley Mack, known for playing Addy on “The Walking Dead”, died at the weekend, her family said.
She was 33.
“Such a bright, fervent light is after the overhead, where we all have to go at some point,” wrote her sister Kathryn about Mack's Instagram on Tuesday.
Mack, born in Kelley Lynne Klebenow, died “peaceful” on Saturday evening, surrounded by her mother Kristen and Aunt Karen after “fought glioma of the central nervous system,” said the family in a explanation.
The star announced in January that it was diagnosed Diffuse center lineAn extremely rare type of astrocytome cancer. Diffuse medium -line gliomas are tumors of the central nervous system, which means that they start in the brain or in the spinal cord. It is treated after surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy The National Cancer Institute.
In an Instagram post, Mack explained that at the end of last year she “continued pain in the lower backrest and thought I beat a slice”. Weeks later she experienced “neuropathic itching in my right quad”, followed by “shooting in my legs and in the back”, which she forced to sleep in a deck chair for a month because it was too painful.
Finally, she wrote to Thanksgiving Eva that she had done an emergency -Mrts in a hospital “which revealed an abnormal mass in my spinal cord.”
At that time she received radiation treatment in Cincinnati, where her family lives.
“I am very grateful that she was such a supporting and loving family and a friend of this process every second. It was a very emotional and challenging time that really tested my mental strength, my faith and physical strength,” wrote Mack. “This experience has brought me closer to God and I rely on him and trust his plan for me.”
In March she shared A video on Instagram of itself Go up the stairs and wrote: “I have been up and down twice in the past few days. It's a big deal for me.”
Mack's sister told her supporters in Tuesday: “She wants her to know how much she loves you.”
“And when her sister I want you to all know how brave this hard sob, especially when she decided to make the jump with God again. I'm so damn proud of her,” she continued.
In the tribute post on Tuesday it says that Mack had already visited her loved ones “in the form of different butterflies”.
“She is missed by so many in depths that words cannot express,” wrote her sister.
Family Status described Mack as a lively, creative person whose “love to tell stories bloomed at a young age when she received a mini video camera as a birthday present”.
As a child, she drove in commercials and then onto the big canvas. She also worked in commercial actors, voice-overs and producing.
From 2018 to 2019, Mack performed in season 9 of “The Walking Dead” as Addy and “Chicago Med” in 2022 and an episode of “9-1-1” in 2019. She recently appeared in the films 2024 “Mr. Manhattan” and “Delicate Arch”. In the past few months she had advertised the film “Universal” for 2025 on her Instagram.
“Kelley was known for her warmth, creativity and unshakable support for the people around her. She appreciated time with her family and friends and found joy in cooperation and storytelling. Her contagious enthusiasm and commitment to her work inspired countless others in the industry and beyond,” it says in the explanation.
A celebration of the life celebration is planned in Ohio for August 16.
Mack is survived by her mother and father Kristen and Lindsay Klebenow; Her sister Kathryn; her brother Parker; Her grandmother and grandfather Lois and Larry Klebenow; And her friend Logan Lanier.