{"id":2657,"date":"2026-05-30T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/05\/30\/kelly-curtis-cause-of-death-sister-of-jamie-lee-curtis-was-69\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T19:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T19:17:00","slug":"kelly-curtis-cause-of-death-sister-of-jamie-lee-curtis-was-69","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/05\/30\/kelly-curtis-cause-of-death-sister-of-jamie-lee-curtis-was-69\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Curtis Cause of Death: Sister of Jamie Lee Curtis Was 69"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-556123\">\n<div>\n<p><span><span>\u8aad\u66f8\u6642\u9593\uff1a <\/span> <span> 2<\/span> <span>\u5206<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We have tragic news to report out of Hollywood today.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Lee Curtis \u2014 the sister of Jamie Lee Curtis \u2014 has passed away at the age of 69.<\/p>\n<p>News of her death comes courtesy of a social media post from Jamie:<\/p>\n<figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"727\" alt=\"Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis during 2007 \"what a pair!\" benefiting the john wayne cancer institute - show at orpheum theatre in los angeles, california, united states. \" src   =\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-117807439-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption>Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis during 2007 \u201cWhat a Pair!\u201d Benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute \u2013 Show at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States. <span> (Photo by Alexandra Wyman\/WireImage for BWR Public Relations)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cA warm aloha to my older sister, Kelly Lee Curtis. She passed away this morning. In her home. In nature. At peace,\u201d Curtis wrote, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was my first friend and lifelong confidant. She was jaw droppingly beautiful, and a talented actress. She played a mean game of hearts, collected turtles, loved her family, nature, music, thrifting, travel, Facebook, and Pok\u00e9mon Go. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was proud of her Danish roots and Hungarian Jewish ancestry and was a devoted American patriot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe will be remembered for her loving generosity, fierce opinions, endless curiosity, unique style, and her powdered, almond, crescent cookies at Christmas, hence her name, Auntie Cookie.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" alt src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-30-at-3.04.59-PM.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><figcaption><span> (Bluesky)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKelly always signed off any message or fare thee well with a Hungarian blessing\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsten Veled, God is with you. Isten Veled to my sister of the sun and the moon, my Tai. I\u2019ll see you on down the line,\u201d Jamie concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie\u2019s post has received an outpouring of support from fans and many of her famous friends.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly racked up dozens of film and television credits over the course of her career, including a recurring role on the TV series <em>The Sentinel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She also appeared in the classic comedy film <em>Trading Places<\/em>, alongside Jamie.<\/p>\n<p>No cause of death has been announced at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Our thoughts go out to the entire Curtis family as they mourn their beloved Kelly.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes We have tragic news to report out of Hollywood today. Kelly Lee Curtis \u2014 the sister of Jamie Lee Curtis \u2014 has passed away at the age of 69. News of her death comes courtesy of a social media post from Jamie: Kelly Curtis and Jamie Lee Curtis during 2007 \u201cWhat a Pair!\u201d Benefiting the John Wayne Cancer Institute \u2013 Show at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Alexandra Wyman\/WireImage for BWR Public Relations) \u201cA warm aloha to my older sister, Kelly Lee Curtis. She passed away this morning. In her home. In nature. At peace,\u201d Curtis wrote, adding: \u201cShe was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2,1608,28,229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-hollywood","category-jamie-lee-curtis","category-news","category-r-i-p"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}