Actress Rose Siggins, who appeared in AHS: Freak Show last year, has passed away due to complications from a recent surgery. She was 43.
“I couldn’t imagine myself being what everyone called ‘normal,’ because this is my normal.” -Rose Siggins
EW confirmed the news this afternoon that Legless Suzi, one of the members of Elsa Mars’ performing company in AHS: Freak Show passed away. The actress, Rose Siggins, went in for an operation to remove kidney stones and contracted an infection shortly following. She was born with sacral agenesis, a disease in which part of the lower spinal column fails to form. She is survived by her two children.
Legless Suzi’s breakout moment arrived in episode 4, “Edward Mordrake: Part Two,” when the spirit of the two-faced man, Edward Mordrake paid Elsa’s camp a visit by performing on Halloween night. Suzi’s story is one of powerlessness and fear, but Mordrake decides to leave her behind. In a behind-the-scenes interview with Siggins, she describes Suzi’s initial decision to join a freak show saying, “Mentally, you start thinking of yourself as ‘I’m not a whole person,’ so of course you would’ve joined a circus, too, because that was family.”
But Siggins’ demeanor out of the character of Suzi was anything but fearful and shy. She says of herself and fellow AHS: Freak Show cast members, “Because we’re different doesn’t mean we’re entirely different. We’re like you, we just come in different forms.”
Her fellow cast members, including Mat Fraser, Sarah Paulson, and Angela Bassett, paid their respects on social media today.
The AHS family lost one of our own… Rose Siggins was an absolute light… I will never forget your laugh or your beautiful eyes.
— Sarah Paulson (@MsSarahPaulson) December 12, 2015
Please consider helping to support her family at this difficult time. Two more spectacular children never existed. https://t.co/WgfahrAHWC
— Sarah Paulson (@MsSarahPaulson) December 12, 2015
@RoseSiggins Your life touched mine & made it's lasting impression…Of love, grace, courage & beauty. God's angels sing thee to thy rest.
— Angela Bassett (@ImAngelaBassett) December 12, 2015
So sorry to hear of the passing of Rose Siggins. I pray for her children. Please donate if you can. https://t.co/S9g3zpiRle
— Gabourey Sidibe (@GabbySidibe) December 12, 2015
Today we mourn Rose Siggins who died today. Please consider helping the two children she leaves behind. https://t.co/dCdYjVjuRv
— Denis O'Hare (@denisohare) December 12, 2015
@ahs_fans @AHStory @ Deep sadness to announce the passing of Rose Siggins ( Suzy) this AM. Please donate if you can: https://t.co/Vi89AEmacW
— Mat Fraser (@mat_fraser) December 12, 2015
The GoFundMe page set up to support Siggins children can be found here. Our thoughts go out to Siggins’ family and friends.
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