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Ada Zeidler, George Clooney’s Sister, Dies at 65 After Cancer

Her obituary highlights a quiet, community-centered life in Augusta, Kentucky.

Overview

  • The family obituary says she died Dec. 19 at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Kentucky, “peacefully surrounded by the people she loved.”
  • George Clooney told People that she was “my hero” who faced cancer “with courage and humor,” adding that he and Amal will miss her terribly.
  • A funeral service is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 22, and memorials are suggested to the Knoedler Memorial Library in Augusta.
  • Zeidler was a talented artist and former elementary art teacher at Augusta Independent School, later working as a bookkeeper and participating in the Augusta Art Guild and a local book club.
  • She is survived by her children Nick Zeidler and Allison Zeidler Herolaga, her parents Nick Clooney and Nina Bruce Warren, and her brother George Clooney and his wife Amal; she was preceded in death by her husband, Norman Zeidler, in 2004.