George Clooney announced the death of his sister Adelia “Ada” Zeidler 65 years old.
US Weekly It can be confirmed that Clooney’s brother died of cancer on Friday, December 19.
“My sister Ada is my hero,” he told people. “She beat cancer with courage and humor. I have never met someone so brave. [Clooney’s wife] amal I will miss her terribly. “
Zeidler’s obituary clarified that she “passed away peacefully surrounded by her loved ones” at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood, Kentucky.
Zeidler was described in her obituary as a “talented artist” who put her skills to best use as an art teacher at Augusta Independent School in her hometown of August, Kentucky.
“In high school, her academic achievements qualified her as a National Merit Scholar,” the online memorial reads. “Her love of reading connected her with other readers in local book clubs. She was also a member of the Augusta Arts Guild and was a former grand marshal of Augusta’s annual White Christmas Parade.”
Zeidler was born on May 2, 1960. His father was a beauty queen and his mother was a city councilor. Nina Bruce Warren and famous journalists Nick Clooney. About a year later, on May 6, 1961, her brother George arrived.
In addition to teaching, Zeidler worked as a bookkeeper. She was married to her late husband, a retired Army Captain Norman Zeidler“On the Ohio River in Augusta,” March 14, 1987, according to Kentucky Photo Archives records.
Nick Clooney, Nina Clooney and George Clooney, September 2006.
Brian Bader/Getty Images“The whole town [of Augusta] Zeidler’s mother, Nina, told a local newspaper at the time, “They helped with the wedding. We wouldn’t have been able to get through this without them.”
Norman reportedly died of a heart attack in October 2004 northerners.
“In addition to her parents, [Ada] She is survived by her beloved children Nick Zeidler and Allison Zeidler Herolaga and her husband Kenny; her brother George Clooney and his wife Amal; and several uncles, aunts and cousins,” her obituary read.
Ada’s funeral will be held on Monday, December 22, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Maysville, Kentucky.
Although Ada’s life is very private, she did attend the wedding of her brother and his wife Amal in September 2014 at the Grand Canal Hotel Amman in Venice, Italy. (George and Amal are the parents of 8-year-old twins Ella and Alexander.)
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Over the years, George occasionally spoke of his relationship with Ada. he told cbs this morning In 2015, he was “very close” to his siblings.
“I have a niece and nephew,” he revealed. “My nephew was just named prom king. From the high school I went to to where I wasn’t named [prom king]”.
The two-time Academy Award winner reportedly recalled special moments with Ada from his childhood while speaking at a “Workers’ Conference” held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville in March 2019. tennessee.
“On Christmas morning, when we woke up, before we opened any gifts, we would drive an hour and a half to some stranger’s house and spend Christmas with these people with gifts,” the actor recalled. “My understanding is, we’re all in this together. It taught me a lot.”
The Clooney family maintains close ties to their hometown of Augusta, Kentucky, and even has a local venue named after the Clooney Community Center in their honor.
