'Walking Dead' actress Kelley Mack dies at 33

[RamsayBolton]

'Walking Dead' actress Kelley Mack dies at 33

The star announced in January she was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma, a rare form of cancer.

www.nbcnews.com

Mack, born Kelley Lynne Klebenow, passed away "peacefully" on Saturday evening, surrounded by her mother Kristen and aunt Karen after "battling glioma of the central nervous system," the family said in a statement.

The star announced in January that she was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma, an extremely rare type of astrocytoma cancer. Diffuse midline gliomas are central nervous system tumors, meaning they begin in the brain or spinal cord. It’s treated by surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, according to the National Cancer Institute.

In an Instagram post, Mack explained that late last year she felt "persistent lower back pain and thought I slipped a disc." Weeks later, she experienced "neuropathic itching in my right quad" followed by "shooting pains in my legs and back," that forced her to sleep in a recliner for a month because lying down "was too painful."

Finally, on Thanksgiving Eve, she wrote that she had emergency MRIs done at a hospital, “which revealed an abnormal mass in my spinal cord.”

At the time, she was receiving radiation treatment in Cincinnati, where her family lives.

Never watched the show and not familiar with her, but the circumstances caught my attention. Someone dying at 33 because of rare cancer is crazy. fukk cancer. RIP

 

[Hopeofmypeople]

RIP dying young is truly tragic.

 

[Beer Drinker]

fukking cancer

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

RIP

 

[Voice of Reason]

R.I.P.

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

'Walking Dead' actress Kelley Mack dies at 33

The star announced in January she was diagnosed with diffuse midline glioma, a rare form of cancer.

www.nbcnews.com

Never watched the show and not familiar with her, but the circumstances caught my attention. Someone dying at 33 because of rare cancer is crazy. fukk cancer. RIP

Expect more of this, unfortunately. People dying of cancer in their 30s/40s has been increasing and will continue to rise for various reasons. A lot of it is the bullshyt food, forever chemicals, getting hit with waves from all types of tech.

 

[feelosofer]

Wow. Way too young. May the young lady RIP.

 

[RamsayBolton]

Expect more of this, unfortunately. People dying of cancer in their 30s/40s has been increasing and will continue to rise for various reasons. A lot of it is the bullshyt food, forever chemicals, getting hit with waves from all types of tech.

 

[badboys11]

Damn she was one of the characters who had her head put on the spike by alpha

 

[AQz]

rip

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Damn… RIP to her.

Sad to hear