Actor Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, has died  at the age of 64.

Lisa Loring passed away on Saturday at St Joseph Medical Center in California, US.

She died due to complications from a stroke caused by high blood pressure.

Announcing Loring's death, her friend Laurie Jacobson wrote on Facebook that Lisa Suffered a massive stroke brought on by smoking and high  blood pressure.

Jacobson also revealed that Lisa had been on life support for 3 days  before her death.

Lisa's daughter Vanessa Foumberg told The outlet: "She went peacefully with both her daughters holding her hands".

Loring is best known for playing the role of Wednesday Addams in ABC's sitcom 'The Addams Family'.

Recently, Loring was praised as an inspiration for Jenna Ortega's performance in Netflix's superhit series 'Wednesday'.

Loring was born in the Marshall  Islands in 1958 but later moved  to Hawaii and then Los Angeles  with her mother.

After 'The Addams Family', Loring also starred in various sitcoms including 'The Pruitts of Southampton' &  'The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.'