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Two days after Jamie Lee Curtis announced the death of her sister Kelly Lee Curtis at the age of 69, New details about the cause of death have now come to light.
The actress, who was born as the eldest daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, died of natural causes, the Blaine County Mortuary Office in Idaho confirmed to US Weekly. Accordingly, she was in inpatient palliative care in the week before her death on May 30th.
In her obituary for her sister, Jamie described her as her “first friend and lifelong confidante.” Jamie continued: “She was breathtakingly beautiful and a talented actress. She played hearts with ferocity, collected turtles, loved her family, nature, music, thrift shopping, traveling, Facebook and Pokémon Go. She was proud of her Danish roots and Hungarian-Jewish ancestry and was a staunch American patriot.”
Career and education
Kelly Curtis was born on June 17, 1956 in Santa Monica, California. She began acting as a child and graduated from Skidmore College in 1972 with a degree in business administration. She initially worked as a stockbroker before later studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute.
After taking on a small role opposite her sister in 1983’s “Trading Places” and appearing in the 1987 German comedy “Magic Sticks,” Curtis starred in the 1991 Italian horror film “The Devil’s Daughter.” She had a recurring role as Lieutenant Carolyn Plummer in the first season of the UPN series “The Sentinel” and appeared in episodes of such series as “The Equalizer,” “Hunter,” “Silk Stalkings” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.”
In a moving obituary published by Wood River Chapel, Curtis was described as someone who “always ended every message and farewell with a Hungarian blessing: Isten Veled – God be with you.” The obituary concluded: “Isten Veled to our sister of the sun and the moon, Kelly.”