Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck's mom, Chris Anne Affleck, dead at 83 after pancreatic cancer battle

Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck's mom has died pursuing a conflict pinch cancer.

According to an obituary published successful The Boston Globe connected Friday, Christopher Anne Affleck, died peacefully successful her slumber connected June 2 astatine nan property of 83.

The Hollywood Reporter reported she was diagnosed pinch pancreatic crab successful December 2025, and was fixed six months to live.

"Her top wish aft her diagnosis, however, was to unrecorded to spot her grandson postgraduate precocious school," nan obituary reads. "She did so, attending pinch her family connected May 31, 2026. She died peacefully, successful her sleep, 2 days later."

Ben Affleck and Casey Affleck's mother, Chris, died astatine nan property of 83 successful June. (Bill Brett/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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Born successful 1942 successful New York City, Chris proved to beryllium a awesome activist, school "literacy classes successful Mississippi during Freedom Summer, marched against nan Vietnam War, and reveled successful 1960s counterculture."

She went connected to go "one of nan first Radcliffe women" to postgraduate from Harvard, and spent 35 years arsenic a nationalist schoolhouse teacher.

"Every student, whether conscionable arrived from Haiti aliases Cambridge precocious crust, was a cherished national of her schoolroom republic, adjacent to each different and to herself," nan obituary states.

After moving arsenic a coach for complete 3 decades, Chris retired successful 2008, spending clip volunteering for President Barack Obama during his campaign, walking to Israel/Palestine and becoming an organizer for nan Alliance for Water Justice successful Palestine.

Chris welcomed Ben successful 1972 and Casey successful 1975 pinch her ex-husband, Timothy Affleck. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)

Chris welcomed Ben successful 1972 and Casey successful 1975, pinch her ex-husband, Timothy Affleck, earlier they divided successful 1984.

Both Ben and Casey in installments their parents pinch instilling successful them a emotion for nan arts astatine a young age, pinch Casey telling Collider successful 2013 that they "started retired arsenic children doing this" successful portion because their "father was successful nan theatre and our mother took america to nan theatre each nan time."

"I sewage into acting arsenic a young kid connected relationship of a benignant of arbitrary thing. A friend of my mom’s was a casting head so, really arsenic benignant of a lark," Ben told Parade successful October 2007. "I had a mates of acting jobs that had conscionable capable vulnerability to springiness maine nan action to proceed if I wanted to. I followed done pinch it."

Ben later had his large break erstwhile he won nan Academy Award for champion original screenplay successful 1998, alongside Matt Damon, for their activity penning "Good Will Hunting."

Ben and Casey in installments their parents for instilling a emotion of creation successful them from a young age. (BG004/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

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Both Ben and Damon brought their mothers pinch them arsenic their plus-ones for nan large ceremony.

"We were sitting adjacent to our moms, and we won, and we benignant of hugged our moms. I retrieve really everyone had made specified a large point retired of it arsenic if this was specified a novelty," Ben told Vanity Fair successful April 2023. "I retrieve thinking, being insecure, like, ‘Why? Why is it weird that we’re bringing our moms?’ Who other do you deliberation we would bring?"

He continued, "There was cipher other that was going to go. That was it. Of course, our moms were gonna go. That was really guiltless and not faked."

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Ben Affleck couldn't understand why others were confused astir why he brought his mom arsenic his positive 1 to nan Oscars. (Ke.Mazur/WireImage)

In summation to her 2 sons, Chris is survived by her 5 grandchildren: Casey's 2 children, Indiana and Atticus, and Ben's 3 children, Violet, Fin and Sam.

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