Former child actor Rory Callum Sykes is among the growing list of victims who have lost their lives in the fires. The Australian actor—who starred on the British TV show Kiddy Kapers—was 32.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of my beautiful son @Rorysykes to the Malibu fires,” his mom Shelley Sykes shared on X Jan. 9. “I’m totally heart broken. British born Australian living in America, a wonderful son, a gift born on mine & his grandmas birthday 29 July 92, Rory Callum Sykes.”
Born blind and with cerebral palsy, Rory had difficulty walking, according to his mom, and lived in his own cottage on the family’s 17-acre Malibu property.
As embers rained down on their home, his mom tried to call 911 but was unable to connect to get help. “He died needlessly,” she told Australian outlet 10 News First. “He said ‘Mom, leave me,’ and no mom can leave their kid.”
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