Hallmark actor Alicia Witt will never forget the winter of 2021. Per The Telegram & Gazette, the star could not get hold of her parents and asked a family member to check in on them. Her worst fears were realized when she learned that both of her parents, Robert and Diane Witt, had died in their home a few days before Christmas. The outlet reported that the couple used a space heater because their home’s heating system was in disrepair. A few months later, the state medical examiner’s office confirmed that Robert and Diane had died from “probable cardiac dysrhythmia” as a result of the cold, the outlet later reported.
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The “Christmas Tree Lane” star shared her thoughts in a lengthy Facebook post, stating, “Every time I offered to have something repaired for them, they refused to allow workers into their house…I begged, cried, tried to reason with them, tried to convince them to let me help them move — but every time, they became furious with me, telling me I had no right to tell them how to live their lives and that they had it all under control.” In fact, Alicia didn’t even know that her parents didn’t have a functioning heat system and lamented that they did not tell her. And amid their tragic death, Alicia was also dealing with another pressing issue. Just one month before their deaths, she had just been diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening illness.
