Overview
- Ben Affleck told Kerry Washington on her podcast Wednesday that both his parents died earlier this year, saying, “My parents just died, both of them. In April and June.”
- His mother, Chris Anne Affleck, died June 2 at age 83 after a reported six-month battle with pancreatic cancer, and his father, Timothy Affleck, died at 76 with his passing publicly confirmed by Casey Affleck at the Venice Film Festival.
- Ben said reading letters his mother wrote to her parents revealed she had an independent life full of ambition and activism and made him realize he had often taken her sacrifices for granted.
- Casey Affleck dedicated his Venice-screened film to their parents and publicly confirmed their father’s death earlier this month, while no formal family statement about the deaths has been released.
- The brothers are publicly processing the losses through interviews and film events, a shift that highlights their reassessment of family history including their parents’ 1984 divorce and their mother’s 35-year career as a public school teacher.