Overview
- Her representative, Michael Greene, confirmed the death to TMZ, saying she died at 1:50 a.m. PST on Nov. 11.
- Kirkland had recently been in hospice at a Palm Springs hospital after a dementia diagnosis in 2024.
- Friends reported she fractured four neck bones, her right wrist and left hip, then suffered two life-threatening infections.
- The GoFundMe campaign attributed mounting expenses to lost investments during the 2007 market crash and the 2021 SAG-AFTRA supplemental insurance cancellation.
- Over a six-decade career, she won a Golden Globe for Anna, earned an Oscar nomination, and appeared in films including JFK and Bruce Almighty.