An actress and entertainer featured within the 1980 film “The Blues Brothers” has died because of the Los Angeles fires.
Dalyce Curry, who additionally appeared in movies comparable to “The Ten Commandments” and “Lady Sings the Blues,” died within the Eaton Hearth. She was 95.
Simply earlier than 6 p.m. on Sunday, the LA County Medical Examiner’s Workplace confirmed to her household that the previous actress’ stays had been discovered at her burned-down dwelling, in response to ABC7 Los Angeles.
Recognized 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, California, the world 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 Hearth had ignited only some hours earlier, and Kelley didn’t imagine 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 legislation enforcement officer informed Kelley when she arrived on the fringe of the burn zone, which was cordoned off. “It totally burned down.”
The officer steered 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 started to worry the worst.
Kelley was capable of go to what was left of her grandmother’s dwelling on Friday, because of the Nationwide Guard, which escorted her to the positioning.
“It was total devastation,” Kelley informed ABC7. “Everything was gone except her blue Cadillac.”
On Sunday, shortly earlier than studying the information of her grandmother’s passing, Kelley mentioned she was “still praying for a miracle” however wasn’t holding out hope.
“Honestly, we don’t feel very hopeful that she’s still 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 comparable to “The Ten Commandments,” “The Blues Brothers” and “Lady Sings the Blues.”
Loree Beamer-Wilkinson, one other of Curry’s granddaughters, mentioned she was nonetheless energetic regardless of her age.
“She was very active, you would not think she was 95,” she mentioned.
In a Fb submit on Sunday, Kelley paid tribute to her late grandmother.
“We had a great run. She impacted my life in so many 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. Almost 200,000 others have been displaced, and 39,000 acres of land have burned down.
