Chris Anne Affleck Dies at 83, Activist and Mother
Chris Anne Boldt/Affleck, born in 1942 in New York City, was a Harvard-educated public school teacher for 35 years and a lifelong civil rights activist who participated in the Freedom Rides. As the mother of Ben and Casey Affleck, she supported their careers and attended key moments like the 1998 Oscars, and died from pancreatic cancer in 2026 at about 83.