Actress Lisa Loring, first Wednesday Addams, dies at 64

Lisa Loring, the former child star who portrayed Wednesday on the original 'The Addams Family' series, has died at age 64. – Photos: Tribune News Service

Lisa Loring, the former child star who portrayed Wednesday on the original The Addams Family series, has died, a friend announced. She was 64.

The actress “suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high blood pressure” and was on life support for three days, the friend, Laurie Jacobson, wrote late Sunday on Facebook.