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This is so, so heartbreaking.

"Walking Dead" actress Alicia Witt's parents were found dead inside their Massachusetts home by police after she hadn't heard from them in several days and asked a relative to check on them. The deaths of Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, who were found Monday night, are not considered suspicious, police in Worcester said.

Worcester Telegram & Gazette that there "was no trauma" and "no foul play." Firefighters, meanwhile, reportedly found no evidence of noxious gases, including carbon monoxide.A neighbor told The Boston Herald that Alicia's parents rarely went outside and "had been ill for some time." Because of this, their home had fallen into a state of despair. A post shared by Alicia Witt (@aliciawitty)Autopsies are set to be conducted.Alicia shot to fame in the mid-80s after starring in the original "Dune."

WORCESTER, Mass. -- The parents of actor Alicia Witt were found dead inside their Massachusetts home by police after she hadn't heard from them in several days and asked a relative to check on them.The deaths of Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, who were found Monday night, are not considered suspicious, police in Worcester said.“I reached out to a cousin who lives close to my parents to check on them.

Alicia Witt is bearing an unimaginable loss. The actress, who starred in the original 1984 “Dune” movie and appeared on “Orange Is the New Black”, has lost both her parents, Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, who were found dead at home.

Alicia Witt, who you may recognize from the original Dune movie and her role in Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, among dozens and dozens of other credits, has suffered an unimaginable tragedy. Both of her parents, Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, were found dead at home.

The actress asked a relative to check on Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, at their Worcester, Massachusetts home as she had not heard from them for “several days”.In a statement, Witt, 46, said: “I reached out to a cousin who lives close to my parents to check on them.

Actress Alicia Witt's parents have both been found dead in their home.The Dune star confirmed their passing in a statement as she revealed she had sent a relative to check on her parents, Robert Witt, 87, and Diane Witt, 75, after growing increasingly concerned when she hadn't heard from them in several days. "I reached out to a cousin who lives close to my parents to check on them," the 46 year old said, according to Yahoo! Alicia added: "Sadly, the outcome was unimaginable.

Guy Lodge Film CriticBack in 1995, in the midst of cinema’s brief fixation with Jane Austen, director Roger Michell made the definitive film of “Persuasion”: as literate and elegant as it was underestimated upon release. That same year, Amy Heckerling set the bar for modernized Austen adaptations with her lithely funny and era-defining “Emma” riff “Clueless.” A quarter-century later, the straightforwardly titled “Modern Persuasion” falls some way short of either benchmark.

Dave McNary Film ReporterMyriad Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the Alicia Witt romantic comedy “Modern Persuasion,” which will premiere at the Cannes Virtual Market.The film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1817 novel “Persuasion,” is directed by Alex Appel and Jonathan Lisecki from a script by Lisecki and Barbara Radecki.

By Geoff Boucher