{"id":566855,"date":"2026-07-25T01:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T01:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566855\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T01:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T01:27:15","slug":"casey-and-ben-afflecks-mother-christopher-affleck-dies-aged-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/566855\/","title":{"rendered":"Casey and Ben Affleck\u2019s mother Christopher Affleck dies aged 83"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christopher Anne Affleck, the mother of Oscar winners Ben and Casey Affleck, has died aged 83.<\/p>\n

Ms Affleck died \u201cpeacefully in her sleep\u201d on June 2 according to her obituary, which has been published in The Boston Globe.<\/p>\n

It has also been widely reported that the actors\u2019 mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer prior to her death, with her obituary stating she was \u201cgiven six months to live in December of 2025\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"JusticeChristopher Affleck was the mother of Oscar winner Ben Affleck (Matt Crossick\/PA)<\/p>\n

Ms Affleck was born in New York City in 1942, and graduated from Harvard University and then pursued a 35 year-long career as a public school teacher, before retiring in 2008.<\/p>\n

She was also described as a civil rights activist, influenced by her stepfather Sam, and taught literacy classes in Mississippi as part of the Freedom Summer campaign in 1964.<\/p>\n

Ms Affleck was married to Timothy Affleck and they welcomed their sons Ben and Casey in 1972 and 1975, respectively.<\/p>\n

The obituary details how her sons Ben and Casey were her \u201cfavourite young people\u201d compared to her \u201ccherished\u201d students, and her five grandchildren were described as \u201cthe animating force of her last two decades\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cChris was suitably proud of her descendants\u2019 achievements, but she was delighted when they questioned, defied, or cleverly engaged authority,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

\"TheCasey Affleck, the youngest son of Christopher Affleck (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

Ms Affleck continued her activism after her retirement, and set out \u201cto both see the world and change it\u201d \u2013 having volunteered on the campaign trail for former US president Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

She also travelled to Palestine and Israel and returned from her travels \u201cas an organiser with the Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine\u201d, it said.<\/p>\n

Her obituary states she was a founding board member of the Sustainable Cape project in Truro, Massachusetts \u2013 which is a non-profit organisation that builds local food systems, runs children\u2019s gardens, and operates educational farmers\u2019 markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen her granddaughter\u2019s student activist group needed a space for trainings, she invited them to Truro and attended every single workshop herself, taking notes,\u201d the obituary said.<\/p>\n

\"LiveThe mother of Ben Affleck died last month (Ian West\/PA)<\/p>\n

It also detailed how she received a terminal diagnosis last year, and said that her \u201cgreatest wish\u201d was \u201cto live to see her grandson graduate high school\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe did so, attending with her family on May 31, 2026. She died peacefully, in her sleep, two days later,\u201d the obituary said.<\/p>\n

Ms Affleck\u2019s eldest son, Ben, is best known for his breakthrough role in Good Will Hunting, which he co-wrote with his friend and fellow actor Matt Damon, who also starred in the film.<\/p>\n

Casey also appeared in the film, and starred in his brother\u2019s directorial debut Gone Baby Gone.<\/p>\n

He has since appeared in other projects such as the action-packed Oceans franchise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christopher Anne Affleck, the mother of Oscar winners Ben and Casey Affleck, has died aged 83. Ms Affleck…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566856,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-566855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=566855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/566855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=566855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=566855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=566855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}