Retired actress Dalyce Curry has died in the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires. She was 95.
“About an hour ago the coroner confirmed her remains were indeed found at the property. #RIPMOMMADEE 
,” Curry’s great-granddaughter, Dalyce Kelley, wrote via Facebook on Sunday, January 12. “We had a great run. She impacted my life in so many ways. This loss is devastating.”
Curry appeared in various films including The Ten Commandments, Lady Sings the Blues and most notably, The Blues Brothers. But to Curry’s family, she was best known as Momma D.
When the wildfires broke out in Los Angeles last week, Kelley — who served as Curry’s caretaker — shared via social media on January 8 that her great-grandmother’s home in Altadena was destroyed by the Eaton Fire. She explained that during that time they could not locate nor get in contact with Curry.
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“My grandmothers house burned down has anyone seen MOMMA DEE,” Kelley wrote via Facebook at the time. “At the shelter searching a third time. Not here.”
Kelley had last seen her great-grandmother the day before, which was when the devastating fire in the Pacific Palisades first began. Kelley was later escorted by officials to what was left of Curry’s home.
“It was total devastation,” she said to local news outlet ABC 7. “Everything was gone except her blue Cadillac.”
Kelley also shared footage of the destruction via her Facebook page. While on the property, Kelley called out to see if Curry was somewhere in the rubble.
On January 7, an extreme wind storm caused by Santa Ana gusts sparked fast-burning brush fires along Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive. Many drivers abandoned their vehicles to seek safety, according to the Los Angeles Times. That same day, the Eaton Fire also began. The cause for both blazes are under investigation.
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Currently, the Eaton Fire is 33 percent contained while the Pacific Palisades Fire is only 14 percent contained. According to CNN, 24 people have died as a result of the ongoing fires. California Governor Gavin Newsom said there are “likely to be a lot more” deaths, as people are still missing and search and rescue efforts remain underway.
Former Australian child actor Rory Sykes also died in the ongoing Los Angeles wildfires. He was 32 years old.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of my beautiful son @Rorysykes to the Malibu fires yesterday. I’m totally heartbroken,” Rory’s mother, author Shelley Sykes, wrote via X on Thursday, January 9. “[He was a] British-born Australian living in America, a wonderful son, a gift born on mine and his grandma’s birthday 29 July 92.”
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