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Kailia Posey, who became famous with the 'Grinning Girl' GIF, dies by suicide at 16

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Kailia Posey wanted to continue her career in the entertainment industry, and pursue her dream of becoming a commercial pilot.

Story outline

• The grieving father of Posey released a gut-wrenching statement on Facebook, confirming that his daughter ended her life
• He also requested the 'members of the national media' to stop calling and bugging their friends and family
• Posey was just 5 when he appeared on the American reality TV show in 2012
• Days before her demise, she was selected to be a cheerleader at her high school next year in autumn

Actress Kailia Posey, known for her performance in the reality TV series 'Toddlers and Tiaras' and becoming the 'Grinning Girl' GIF, passed away at the young age of 16 on Tuesday.

A day later on Wednesday night, the grieving father Steve Gatterman released a gut-wrenching statement on Facebook, confirming that his daughter ended her life. He said that one rash decision ended her 'earthly life'.

His statement read, "Although she was an accomplished teenager with a bright future ahead of her, unfortunately in one impetuous moment, she made the rash decision to end her earthly life."

In his caption, Gatterman requested the 'members of the national media' to stop calling, texting, messaging, and bugging their friends and family.

"We are completely shattered as a family and left with more questions than answers. We ask for privacy as we attempt to find ways to cope with the senseless loss of our beautiful girl," he wrote. "We have no further statement."

Posey's family has set up a fund in her name to provide resources to help students in crisis.

On Tuesday, alongside a picture of the late actress, mother Marcy Posey Gatterman broke the news on Facebook to announce her sudden demise - without sharing many details. She further requested her fans to respect their privacy.

"I don't have words or any thoughts. A beautiful baby girl is gone. Please give us privacy as we mourn the loss of Kailia. My baby forever," she added.

Posey was just 5 when he appeared on the American reality TV show in 2012. In the episode titled 'California Tropic Arizona', she was one of the participants in the show.

At the start of the meme trend, her short appearance where she could be seen scrunching up her face and making a silly face became a popular GIF, dubbed the 'Grinning Girl'.

an icon is gone 💔 RIP #KailiaPosey https://t.co/BQSupFgE2h

— GEO🔮 (@ge_est) 1651636617000

Later, Posey went on to play the role of Agnes in Netflix's horror movie 'Eli' (2019). She had participated in several pageants and won countless trophies for the same. He recently was named the second runner-up of Miss Teen Washington.

Posey wanted to continue her career in the entertainment industry, and pursue her dream of becoming a commercial pilot.

Days before her demise, she was selected to be a cheerleader at her high school next year in autumn.

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The Final Goodbye!

2021 has been a year marked by death and loss. As the pandemic dragged its feet, claiming lives and pushing us behind closed doors, there was hardly a household left untouched by dark clouds. . We lost people we loved or knew, colleagues we hadn't seen for a while, or friends we didn't get a chance to say goodbye to.

As a society, too, we suffered immeasurable losses, as 2021 took away from us several notable public figures and celebrities – people who had made immense contributions to our culture, literature and impacted our lives. The list of the departed has been longer this year, but lest we forget how intertwined they were with our everyday lives, here's a flashback of all the famous people we said goodbye to, this dreadful year.

Larry King

2021 began with the devastating news of Larry King's death. King, a legendary interviewer and one of the most iconic faces of American television, died of Covid-19 on January 2. For 25 years, King hosted 'Larry King Live' on CNN, which helped the network garner international fame. He pioneered the conversational style of interviewing, and hosted every notable public figure on his show, including all sitting presidents of the United States – from Gerald Ford to Barack Obama. In his signature outfit - braces over a dress shirt - King was not only a sharp questioner but also a popular culture icon. His contribution to America's broadcast television is unparalleled.

Tanya Roberts

It isn't every day that an actress can be both a Bond girl and a 'Charlie's Angel', but Tanya Roberts managed this impossible feat, and catapulted to limelight in the 1980s. The actress played the role of the sultry blonde geologist - Stacey Sutton - with a breathy voice, in the Roger Moore-starrer Bond film, 'A View to a Kill' (1985). However, her first major break was in the 1980 TV series, 'Charlie's Angel'. Another memorable performance of Roberts was in the hit sitcom, 'That '70s Show', in which she played the dimwitted but always charming housewife, Midge Pinciotti who is deeply dissatisfied with her boring life. Roberts breathed her last on January 4, 2021 after suffering from several health-related complications that had led to sepsis.

Ved Mehta

Despite losing his eyesight at the age of four due to cerebrospinal meningitis, Mehta, saw India more vividly than most writers do, and made our country visible to the West, especially America. For 33 years, the author worked at The New Yorker magazine writing on a plethora of topics, and had published several volumes of books in his life. Some of his most popular works include 'Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles' (1976) and 'Portrait of India' (1970). It is said that Mehta never liked walking the city streets with the help of a cane or with guide dogs, and often shrugged off help offered by friends and strangers. Although it was his blindness, and the subsequent loneliness arising from it, that pushed him towards writing, he never wanted to be known as a 'blind writer' but merely as a writer who also happens to be blind. A true luminary, the author passed away on 9 January 2021, due to complications related to Parkinson's disease.

Christopher Plummer

Ironical as it may sound, Plummer hated his iconic role of naval officer Georg von Trapp, in the classic film 'Sound of Music' that had put him on the road to stardom. Despite the actor's natural talent, versatility and undeniable charm, it was hard perhaps for him to be remembered for that one role that had the emotional range of teaspoon, but meaty roles, critical acclaim and awards came to Plummer much later in his career. At the age of 82, Plummer became the oldest person to win an Oscar for his role in the film 'Beginners'. Plummer's filmography boasts of 100 films, with memorable roles in later years of his career in cinematic outings like 'A Beautiful Mind', 'Inside Man' , 'Barrymore' and 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'. His last major movie outing was 'Knives Out'. The actor died at his home in Weston on February 5, 2021, at the age of 91.

( Originally published on May 05, 2022 )

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