Chris Anne Affleck, civil rights organizer and mother of Ben and Casey Affleck, dies at 82

Christopher Anne Affleck, mother of actors Ben and Casey Affleck, died in June after a monthslong battle with a terminal illness, the family announced July 23.

Christopher Anne Affleck, mother of actors Ben and Casey Affleck, died in June after a monthslong battle with a terminal illness, the family announced July 23. She was 82.

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Affleck, a civil rights organizer and teacher, received her diagnosis in December 2025 and was given six months to live, according to her obituary in The Boston Globe. She passed just after being able to witness one of her biggest ambitions, according to the family.

“Her greatest wish after her diagnosis, however, was to live to see her grandson graduate high school,” the family wrote in the obituary. “She did so, attending with her family on May 31, 2026. She died peacefully, in her sleep, two days later.”