IN a heartbreaking Instagram put up following her dying to most cancers, actress Kathryn Kates tells followers to maintain her alive of their hearts and that she is going to “reside ceaselessly.”
The video, titled “Sonnet 77” featured Kates reciting a sonnet with a caption of a poem by Mary Elizabeth Frye.
“Don't stand at my grave and weep,” learn the caption. “I'm not there, I don't sleep.” The poem is posted in its entirety with one other message, presumably by Kates.
“Preserve me alive in your stunning hearts with unforgettable recollections. Train others what you’ve discovered from me and I'll reside in ceaselessly.”
The feedback are stuffed with pals and followers alike expressing their condolences.
“An exquisite gifted girl. Relaxation in peace…” wrote one consumer. One other referred to as Kates' passing “an enormous loss.”
Kates’ dying was confirmed by her reps at Headline Expertise Company, who stated the character actress died Saturday of most cancers in Florida.
“Kathryn has been our consumer for a few years, and we've grown a lot nearer to her on this final yr since she knew of her most cancers returning,” stated Headline Expertise in an announcement.
“She was at all times extremely courageous and smart and approached each function with the best of ardour. She will probably be enormously missed.”
Kates was a local New Yorker who had a couple of small roles within the early Eighties earlier than showing on main applications akin to Matlock, Thunder Alley and Seinfeld.
All through the ’90s and into the twenty first century, Kate could be seen on Caroline within the Metropolis, Lizzie McGuire, Judging Amy, Rescue Me and others.
She is maybe well-known for her recurring roles on fashionable applications akin to Orange Is the New Black, the place she performed Jason Biggs’ mom, Amy Kanter-Bloom.
In her latest roles, Kates received Finest Actress on the NYCTV Pageant for her efficiency within the brief movie Welcome to Sarajevo.
She additionally performed Angie DeCarlo in The Many Saints of Newark, a prequel to David Chase’s The Sopranos.
Kate was additionally a theater actress for a few years, working as an understudy in Vital Different and showing in lots of Off-Broadway exhibits.
She was a founding member of the Colony Theatre in Los Angeles, serving in a number of offstage roles for over 25 years.
Kates is survived by her sister, Mallory, and brother, Joshua.
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