An actress and entertainer featured within the 1980 film “The Blues Brothers” has died because of the LA fires.
Dalyce Curry, who additionally appeared in movies reminiscent of “The ten Commandments” and “Girl Sings the Blues,” died within the Eaton Hearth. She was 95.
Simply earlier than 6 p.m. on Sunday, the LA County Medical Examiner confirmed to her household that the previous actress’ stays had been discovered at her burned-down dwelling, based on ABC7 Los Angeles.
Identified to her family members as Momma D, Curry was final seen on Tuesday when her granddaughter, Dalyce Kelley, dropped her off round midnight at her home in Altadena, Calif., the realm that may be hardest hit by the Eaton Hearth.
Kelley, who was Curry’s part-time caregiver, informed ABC7 that her grandmother was exhausted when she introduced her dwelling, having spent all day at a neighborhood hospital.
The Eaton fireplace had ignited just a few hours earlier, and Kelley didn’t consider the blaze would develop so shortly and have such devastating results.
After receiving a textual content alert later that evening notifying her that energy went out at Curry’s home, she raced to test on her grandmother.
However by the point she reached Momma D’s Altadena neighborhood, it was too late.
“I’m sorry your grandmother’s property is gone,” a regulation enforcement officer informed Kelley when she arrived on the fringe of the burn zone, which was cordoned off. “It completely burned down.”
The officer urged Kelley search for her grandmother on the Pasadena Civic Middle, the place displaced residents sought shelter as the hearth raged.
Sadly for Kelley and her household, they didn’t discover Momma D that evening and commenced to worry the worst.
Kelley was in a position to go to what was left of her grandmother’s dwelling on Friday, due to the Nationwide Guard, which escorted her to the positioning.
“It was complete devastation,” Kelley informed ABC7. “All the things was gone besides her blue Cadillac.”
On Sunday, shortly earlier than studying the information of her grandmother’s passing, Kelley mentioned she was “nonetheless praying for a miracle” however wasn’t holding out hope.
“Actually we don’t really feel very hopeful that she’s nonetheless right here with us,” she confessed.
Described as being a part of Previous Black Hollywood within the Nineteen Fifties, Momma D reportedly acted for many years.
Working persistently as a background actress, Curry was seen in legendary movies reminiscent of “The ten Commandments,” “Blues Brothers,” and “Girl Sings the Blues.”
Loree Beamer-Wilkinson, one other of Curry’s granddaughters, mentioned she was nonetheless energetic regardless of her age.
“She was very lively, you wouldn’t suppose she was 95,” she mentioned.
In a Fb publish on Sunday, Kelley paid tribute to her late grandmother.
“We had an amazing run. She impacted my life in so some ways,” Kelley wrote. “This loss is devastating.”
As of Monday, the mixed dying toll among the many LA fires that started final week has risen to at the least 24 folks. Practically 200,000 others have been displaced, and 39,000 acres of land have burned down.