Broadway Actress Laurel Griggs Is Dead at 13, Family Says

Laurel battled asthma for about two years, her father Andrew Griggs told CNN. Griggs suffered an asthma attack and within two hours, went into cardiac arrest and died. @LaurelGriggs_/Instagram via CNN

Laurel Griggs, an up-and-coming Broadway actress, died at the age of 13, according to her family, who also confirmed her cause of death.

The young actress appeared in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” when she was 6 years old, in “Once,” and many more, CNN reported. She made more than 1,000 Broadway appearances.