Rory Sykes, a former Australian child star living in California, has died tragically at the age of 32 due to the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area. The news was confirmed by his mother, writer Shelley Sykes, who expressed her grief on social media.
“With great regret I have to announcing the passing of my beautiful son Rory Sykes to the wildfires in Malibu yesterday (January 8). I am completely destroyed. British, Australian and US resident, a wonderful son. “He had his own cabin on the TV studio’s 17-acre Mount Malibu estate,” he wrote on the X social network.
The young man, known for his role in the children’s series “Kiddy Kapers”, He was in his cabin when flames destroyed his home. Despite her mother’s efforts to put out the embers on the roof, h lack of water due to power failure prevented any attempt to save the house.
“I couldn’t put out the ashes on their roof with a hose because the water was cut off from Las Virgenes Municipal Water. Even the 50 brave firefighters had no water all day!”
Rosy Sykes’ last words to her mother
Shelley shared some of her son’s last words to her.
“He said: “mom let me go” and no mother can leave her child. I have a broken arm, I couldn’t lift it“When the fire department brought me back, his cabin was completely burnt down,” he explained.
Who was Rory Sykes?
He was born blind, with cerebral palsy and had difficulty walking. He overcame various situations with surgeries and treatments to regain his sight and learn to walk.
“Despite the pain, he was still excited to travel the world with me from Africa to Antarctica,” his mother shared in an emotional message posted to X.
“He was a sought-after inspirational speaker for Tony Robbins when he was just 8 years old. The book ‘Callums Cure’ was about his bravery,” added Shelley.
Together with his mother he founded the charity organization Happy Charity.
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