George Clooney said he is mourning his older sister, the “hero.” Adelia “Ada” Zeidler, who died Friday. She was 65 years old.
Zeidler died of cancer, her younger brother told People.
“My sister Ada was my hero,” Clooney said in an exclusive interview. “She faced cancer with courage and humor. I have never met anyone as brave as her. Amal and I will miss her terribly.”
“Zedler”She died peacefully surrounded by the people she loved“At St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Kentucky, according to her obituary.
The siblings have remained close over the years, even Clooney is flying high, studded with awards Life in Hollywood took him away from Augusta, Kentucky, where the couple grew up. Zeidler chose to stay near their hometown after attending college in Louisville and Northern Kentucky, and married retired Army Captain Norman Zeidler in 1987.
Although Zeidler at one point considered getting into acting, which she said she “enjoyed” and “was pretty good at,” she eventually realized “I didn’t have a thick enough skin to do it,” she told the Daily News in a 2012 interview. She became an accountant instead.
“I worked at Toys ‘R’ Us and Kohl’s,” she told The News. “I enjoyed it, but mostly it was a way to get money to come home and pay rent and things like that. I really enjoyed being a wife and mother, and that kind of hurt took precedence for me.”
At one point, Zeidler led Augusta’s annual White Christmas Parade as grand marshal, her obituary noted. The “talented artist” was an enthusiastic volunteer who worked for several years as an elementary art teacher in Augusta Independent Schools and belonged to the Augusta Art Guild. She also shared her love of books and reading by volunteering in the school library.
“Augusta Independent Deeply mourning the loss of “Miss Ada”, “She spent years volunteering in our school district, especially in the library, and was extremely generous with her time by giving countless hours to the youth of our community,” the school system said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Zeidler and Clooney families during this difficult time.”
Zeidler outlived her husband He died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 47. Adelia Zeidler leaves behind Parents Nick Clooney and Nina Bruce Warren; children Nick Zidler and Alison Zidler Hirolaga and her husband Kenny; Her obituary was mentioned by George and Amal Clooney and several of her uncles, aunts and cousins.