Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, dies at 64

Lisa Loring, the first actress to play Wednesday Addams, has died this Saturday of a heart attack at the age of 64.

This has been confirmed by one of her two daughters, Vanessa Foumberg, to the American press.

The character of

has returned to popularity in recent months played by Jenna Ortega in the successful version that Tim Burton has created for Netflix.

She was also the springboard for Christina Ricci in the 1990s film of the same name.

Loring's relatives and colleagues have fired the American on social networks.

“It is with great sadness that I report the passing of our friend, Lisa Loring.

She four days ago she suffered a massive stroke caused by smoking and high blood pressure.

She had been on life support for three days.

Her family made the difficult decision to take it from her.

She is part of pop culture and always in our hearts like Wednesday Addams.

Beautiful, kind, a loving mother, Lisa's legacy in the world of entertainment is enormous.

And her legacy to her family and her friends: a great deal of humor, affection and love will remain in our memories for a long time.

RIP, Lisa.

Damn girl…you were so much fun,” her friend Laurie Jacobson posted on Facebook.

Lisa Loring with other cast members of the television series 'The Addams Family', in 2006. IDA MAE ASTUTE (AP)

He has also remembered actress Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster on television.

“I am very sorry to hear of the passing of my dear friend Lisa Loring.

We were very close and often worked together.

I know I was very weak.

I was in her company just a few weeks ago.

Good luck my friend ”, he commented on the same social network.

The daughter of soldiers born in the Marshall Islands and raised in Hawaii before moving to California, she began working as a child model at the age of three and as an actress shortly before landing the role of Wednesday Addams, which she played between 1964 and 1966. In the years Following, he returned to the character in several television movies and appeared in series such as

and

until having a regular character on the soap opera

, in the 1980s.

The rest of her career was close to fantastic and horror movies.

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