Lisa Loring Dies: Actor & Original Wednesday Addams Was 64 - Deadline

Lisa Loring, champion known for bring Wednesday Addams to beingness successful The Addams Family sitcom successful the mid-1960s, has died. She was 64.

Loring’s adjacent person Laure Jacobson shared successful a Facebook station quality of her decease connected January 28 aft the histrion was taken disconnected beingness enactment pursuing “a monolithic stroke.”

“It is with large sadness that I study the decease of our friend, Lisa Loring. 4 Days agone she suffered a monolithic changeable brought connected by smoking and precocious humor pressure. She had been connected beingness enactment for 3 days. Yesterday, her household made the hard determination to region it and she passed past night,” Jacobson informed connected the societal media post.

She continued, “She is embedded successful the tapestry that is popular civilization and successful our hearts ever arsenic Wednesday Addams. Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa’s bequest successful the satellite of amusement is huge. And the bequest for her household and friends — a wealthiness of humor, affection and emotion volition agelong play successful our memories. RIP, Lisa. Damn, girl…you were a ton of fun.”

Loring’s enactment arsenic Wednesday Addams had precocious resurged pursuing Jenna Ortega’s portrayal of the iconic quality successful the Netflix series. Loring was the archetypal Wednesday successful the archetypal live-action adaptation of Charles Addams’ New Yorker cartoons. The amusement produced 64 episodes betwixt 2 seasons from 1964 done 1966.

After The Addams Family, Loring, who was calved Lisa Ann DeCinces successful Kwajelein, Marshall Islands connected February 16, 1958, went connected to marque appearances connected aggregate shows similar The Phyllis Diller Show, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Fantasy Island, Barnaby Jones and As the World Turns, wherever she had a recurring relation arsenic Cricket Montgomery.

Loring went connected to reprise her Wednesday relation successful 1977 successful the tv movie Halloween with the New Addams Family. Her past acting recognition was successful 2015 with the movie Doctor Spine.