Lisa Loring, who played the original Wednesday Addams in the 1960s sitcom ‘The Addams Family’ has passed away, at 64
Lisa Loring, who played the original Wednesday Addams in the 1960s sitcom The Addams Family has passed away. She was 64. Loring’s close friend Laure Jacobson shared a Facebook post on Saturday (January 28): “It is with great sadness that I report the death of our friend, Lisa Loring. Four days ago she suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure. She had been on life support for three days. Yesterday, her family made the difficult decision to remove it and she passed last night.”
Meanwhile, confirming Lisa’s demise, her daughter Vanessa Foumberg said that her mother passed away ‘peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands’. Lisa Loring was known for playing Wednesday Addams in The Addams Family. Her performance as Wednesday recently resurfaced after Jenna Ortega’s portrayal of the iconic character in the Netflix series Wednesday. — TMS