Carlin Glynn, 'Sixteen Candles' Actress, Dead at 83

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died. She was 83.According to her daughter, Mary Stuart Masterson, Glynn died following a battle with dementia and cancer on July 13.«On Thursday, July 13th, my mother, Carlin Glynn Masterson, passed away.

I was with her. I will always be grateful for those last moments, no matter how hard. Death is like birth in the oddest way.

From my first breath to her last. This thread is as fragile as it is strong,» Masterson wrote on Instagram next to a throwback picture of her late mother. «She was the most graceful clumsy person you would ever meet.

Strong, smart, silly, intuitive, kind, generous, passionate and a deep listener. She was devoted to my father and to the enormous circle of students and collaborators who were considered her chosen family.»Masterson's post continued with a snapshot of a poem and a picture of her mother from her 80th birthday party.