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‘Carrie’ star Samantha Weinstein dies, aged 28
Carrie, which starred Chloë Grace Moretz in the lead role. She passed away on May 14 at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, after being diagnosed with a rare form of ovarian cancer.After battling with the illness since 2021, her death was announced on her Instagram page by her family.Sharing images of Weinstein peacefully floating against a celestial background, they wrote: “After two and a half years of cancer treatment, and a lifetime of jet setting around the world, voicing a plethora of cartoon animals, making music, and knowing more about life than most people ever will, she is off on her next adventure.”In October last year, the Canadian actress married her partner Michael Knutson, and the two ventured on a belated honeymoon in Japan last month.Launching her career as an actress in 2003, the child actor got her first television role on the Canadian series The Red Green Show.