Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed that 13-year-old Fiona Lowe was pronounced dead at 1:14 a.m. on Sept. 29 at a Los Angeles-area hospital and that her manner of death was ruled a suicide.
- Fiona’s parents, actor Chad Lowe and producer Kim Painter, issued a statement calling her “the light of our lives,” asked for prayers and privacy, and included contact information for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
- Public tributes have continued, including Instagram posts from her older sister Mabel, a video tribute from dance teacher Kendra Andrews, condolences from actor David Boreanaz, and Rob Lowe visiting his brother to offer support.
- Reporting places the loss in the context of recent family hardship after the Pacific Palisades fire in January 2025, which destroyed the Lowe family home and figures in accounts of the family’s challenges.
- Coverage emphasizes crisis help for young people and communities, noting that 988 provides free, confidential support by call or text and that outlets include content warnings because the coroner’s ruling involves suicide.