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Laurel Griggs, 13-Year-Old Broadway Rising Star, Dead After Asthma Attack

The young actress died of a “massive asthma attack,” her grandfather reportedly announced.

Laurel Griggs, a 13-year-old rising Broadway star who debuted at the age of six alongside Scarlett Johansson and appeared on Saturday Night Live has died, according to her obituary. Griggs’ grandfather said she died of a “massive asthma attack” in a Facebook post. Her funeral was reportedly held on Friday. “The world lost a real princess who only wanted to make the future happy for all,” David Rivlin wrote in the post. Griggs lived in New York City with her parents and performed in a number of productions, including Tony-winning musical “Once” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” Fellow actress Eliza Holland Madore, paid tribute to the young star in an Instagram post. “I am deeply saddened by the sudden loss of one of my Ivanka sisters,” Madore wrote, referring to the role they both played in “Once.” “Laurel, you were always smiling and always made other people laugh.”