Alicia Witt sadly announced the deaths of both of her parents in a statement on Wednesday December 22. The 46-year-old actress shared that her mother Diane Witt (née Pietro) and father Robert Witt had been found dead in their Worcester, Massachusetts home on Monday December 20.
Robert was 87, and Diane was 75. Besides the Orange is the New Black actress, the couple are also survived by a son Ian Witt. The Dune child star said that she’d asked a local family member to do a wellness check, when she hadn’t heard from her mom and dad in some time. “After not hearing back from my parents for several days, I reached out to a cousin who lives close to my parents to check on them,” she said in a statement to People.
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