Mourning the Kelly Family! Barby Kelly is dead - brother Angelo shares a touching childhood photo

Death in the Kelly family: The siblings announce the early death of Barby Kelly in a short mourning message.

Update from April 21, 10:22 a.m

.: The Kelly family and their fans are grieving: Ex-member Barby Kelly died of an illness at the age of 45 (see first report from April 20, 2021). On the official Instagram account of the Kelly Family, her family confirmed the death of their family member. In addition, some of her siblings spoke out on their own channels about the tragic loss. Maite Kelly said a touching goodbye and Barby's younger brother Angelo also found emotional farewell lines.

"Dear Barby, thank you for the loveliest sister and for taking care of me, especially when I was little," he writes under a photo from his childhood, on which he leaned against his older sister.

“I will miss you very much and will keep you in my prayers.

Give mom and dad a big hug for me and I hope we'll all be in heaven together soon. "

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Mourning the Kelly Family!

Barby Kelly is dead - sister Maite with an emotional statement

First report from April 20, 2021

: North Rhine-Westphalia - The members of the Kelly Family * had to say goodbye to Barby Kelly forever, they now announced in an official statement: "We will miss Barby infinitely and will always carry her in our hearts" it says in the death message, which was published on the Instagram * and Facebook * accounts of the family *.

Kelly Family makes statement on Barby Kelly's death

Kelly had already died on April 15th, 2021 "after a short illness" - now her siblings shared the blow of fate with the public.

“We are deeply saddened and ask for your understanding that we are not commenting on this at the moment.

We will miss Barby infinitely and always carry her in our hearts.

Thank you for your sympathy and prayers ”, so the statement of the bereaved.

It is not known which illness Barby Kelly actually succumbed to.

In the family band * she sang, played the guitar and participated in the percussion - in 2000, however, she withdrew from show business and the public due to psychological problems.

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Barby Kelly: tragic reason for her withdrawal from the limelight - but the family stayed with her

The fight she fought in silence didn't seem to get any easier over the years, in 2013 her brother Jimmy Kelly spoke publicly about his sister's mental illness and her withdrawal: “I want to inform you that Barby has had a mental illness for many years that makes it impossible for her to live alone, to take care of herself, or to take responsibility for her own life. She has to be under constant supervision, ”he said on Facebook at the time. Public observation would worsen the situation, so Barby Kelly is no longer in the limelight like some of her siblings. The contact to her large family remained over the years, Barbara Ann, known as Barby, could still be heard during one or two song recordings.

Now the member of the Kelly Family died at the age of 45.

Maite Kelly *, a few years younger sister, also posted a grief post on her Instagram account.

Under a child's photo of the two, she wrote: "Mama Barbara and Papa Dan hold you tight in their arms ... You are now at home." The musical family's fan base shows their sympathy in large numbers on social media.

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