‘Vampire Diaries’ Alum Annie Wersching Dead at 45 After Private Cancer Battle
30.01.2023 - 01:33
/ usmagazine.com
Annie Wersching is dead at age 45. The Vampire Diaries alum had been privately battling cancer since 2020.
Her husband, Stephen Full, shared a statement after his wife’s death. “There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools to fill it. She found wonder in the simplest moment. She didn’t require music to dance. She taught us not to wait for adventure to find you. ‘Go find it. It’s everywhere.’ And find it we shall,” he said via Deadline. “As I drove our boys, the true loves of her life, down the winding driveway and street, she would yell BYE! until we were out of earshot and into the world. I can still hear it ringing. Bye my Buddie. ‘I love you little family.'”
Actress Ever Carradine was among the first to pay tribute her former Marvel’s Runaways costar. “We lost a ray of sunshine this morning,” Carradine, 48, wrote via Instagram on Sunday, January 29. “I ❤️ you @anniewersching and hope you’re dancing with your beloved mama while watching over your sweet boys. I’m so lucky to have been your friend.”
The Handmaid’s Tale star also started a GoFundMe campaign for Wersching’s husband Steve and three sons: Freddie, 12, Ozzie, 9, and Archie, 4.
In the description, Carradine revealed that the late Missouri native kept her medical diagnosis quiet. “Annie was diagnosed with cancer Summer of 2020,” she explained. “She’s a private person by nature, and the diagnosis made her even more so. She wanted to protect her boys. She wanted to get better so she could continue working. And honestly, she just didn’t really want to talk about it. She wanted to live her life, on her terms, and be with her family.”
The fund was set up with a goal of $200,000 to help the family with medical bills, funeral