Chris Affleck, mother of Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck died

Mchris Anne Affleck, mother of actors Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck. It was on July 2 that Chris Anne died, but only now did the family announce the news. He was 83 years old and diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December last year.

According to yours obituaryChristine Anne Boldt was born in New York City in December 1942. He graduated from Harvard University and worked for 35 years as a teacher. She retired in 2008 and was a major civil rights defender throughout her life, and was one of the first freedom riders to travel to Deep South during the 1960s.

Chris Anne Affleck and her ex-husband Timothy Affleck welcomed their first son, actor Ben Affleck, on August 15, 1972. His second son, Casey Affleck, was born on August 12, 1975. 

Speaking of her parents in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in 2012, Ben Affleck recalled at the time: “My mother was a public school teacher, studied at Harvard, did her master’s degree there and continued teaching at a public school. My father had a more humble life, typical of the working class. He wasn't in college. He was a car mechanic, bartender and cleaning man at Harvard.”

Chris Anne Affleck and Timothy Affleck divorced when Ben Affleck was 12. In addition to his sons, Chris Anne Affleck also leaves five grandchildren, Atticus and Indiana, children of Casey Affleck, and Violet, Fin and Sam, sons of Ben.