{"id":2506099,"date":"2026-07-17T14:11:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2506099"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T14:11:12","slug":"brenda-fricker-home-alone-2-and-my-left-foot-star-dies-at-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brenda-fricker-home-alone-2-and-my-left-foot-star-dies-at-81\/","title":{"rendered":"Brenda Fricker, \u201cHome Alone 2\u201d and \u201cMy Left Foot\u201d star, dies at 81"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brenda Fricker, the Oscar-winning actress best known for her role in the Daniel Day-Lewis drama <em>My Left Foot<\/em> and for stealing viewers&#8217; hearts as Pigeon Lady in the classic Christmas film <em>Home Alone 2: Lost in New York<\/em>, has died. She was 81.<\/p>\n<p>Fricker&#8217;s agent <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:confirmed the news to the US Sun;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/39786796\/brenda-fricker-dead-home-alone-actress-dies\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed the news to the US Sun<\/a> on Friday, saying: &#8220;We will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I was honoured to know, love and work with her and she will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> has reached out for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No cause of death was revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>This is a developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/brenda-fricker-dead-home-alone-2-and-my-left-foot-star-dies-12021412\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brenda Fricker, the Oscar-winning actress best known for her role in the Daniel Day-Lewis drama My Left Foot and for stealing viewers&#8217; hearts as Pigeon Lady in the classic Christmas film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has died. 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