Lisa Loring, original Wednesday Addams actress, dies at 64

Lisa Loring, the former child star who portrayed Wednesday on the original “The Addams Family” series, has died, a friend announced. She was 64. The actress “suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure” and was on life support for three days, the friend, Laurie Jacobson, wrote late Sunday on Facebook. Loring’s daughter confirmed her death, telling Variety the actress died Saturday. “She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands,” Vanessa Foumberg said in a statement. Loring was 6 when she debuted as Wednesday in “The Addams Family” in 1964. Inspired ...