Overview
- The McCray Agency identified a rare form of Charcot‑Marie‑Tooth disease as the cause and said Tate died peacefully on Oct. 19.
- Funeral services were held Friday in Brentwood, Tennessee, with the family requesting privacy and donations to the Charcot‑Marie‑Tooth Association instead of flowers.
- Producers plan an on‑screen tribute at the end of the Oct. 30 episode following her appearance in the pilot.
- Tate had publicly shared that she was diagnosed at 13 with a progressive neuromuscular condition that by 2022 sometimes required a wheelchair.
- The Nashville native recently graduated from Middle Tennessee State University and returned to acting, earning her first major adult role on the ABC spinoff.