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Former child actor Rory Skyes, who was born blind and had cerebral palsy has died in the Palisades Fire, his mother announced.
His mother has a broken arm and was unable to lift or move her son to safety.
Child star Rory Sykes, who was born blind and had cerebral palsy, died Wednesday in the California wildfires after his mother said she was unable to save him from their home which was engulfed by flames.
“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 heart broken,” Shelley Sykes wrote Thursday in a post on X, calling him “a wonderful son.”
Rory Sykes, 32, was born blind and had difficulty walking because of the cerebral palsy, his mother said. The actor, who starred in the late-’90s British TV show “Kiddy Kapers,” was living in a cottage on his family’s 17-acre Malibu estate.
Shelley Sykes said it burned down Wednesday in the Palisades Fire when she “couldn’t put out the cinders on his roof with a hose” because of a lack of water. The Palisades Fire broke out on Tuesday and has since expanded to more than 22,000 acres, destroying approximately 5,000 structures.
Shelley Sykes told 10 News First that she has a broken arm and could not lift or move her son.
“He said, ‘Mom, leave me.’ And no mom could leave their kid,” she said, crying.
Shelley Sykes said she drove to the local fire department for help, but they told her they did not have any water. She said when the fire department brought her back, Rory’s “cottage was burnt to the ground.”
According to 10 News First, firefighters told the mother that her son died from carbon monoxide poisoning in the wildfire. His death has not officially been included in the wildfire death toll, the station reported.
Officials said at least 11 people have died across the Los Angeles area in the wildfires.
Former child star Rory Sykes dies in California wildfires as mom tried to save him
Shelley Sykes told Australian outlet 10 News First that she has a broken arm and could not lift or move her son, who was born blind and had cerebral palsy.
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