Carrie Anne Fleming, ‘iZombie’ and ‘Supernatural’ Actress, Dies at 51

Her husband (on and off screen) Jim Beaver also lost his first wife to cancer. How absolutely awful. I met him at a Con years ago and we spoke for a good few minutes about life in general, he is so lovely. Poor guy. Edit: apologies, he and Carrie didn't marry but were together - this is from Jim's Facebook - "To find a soul mate once in life is something of a miracle. To find one twice is almost unimaginable. To love and be loved is a pearl above price, but such pearls do come more than once or twice to the lucky. But to find oneself paired with someone who not only loves and is loved, but who seems by magic or the grace of the gods to understand you, to want what you are, to want you to be what you are, who GETS you and never feels the need to have you defend who you are, and about whom you feel the same -- how many of us can say that spark of divinity has alighted on us once, much less twice? I can. To find a soul mate once in life and lose her is unmitigated pain. To find one twice and lose them both is something that words cannot shape. Few who know me do not know about my first, my Cecily, my first and greatest love, the mother of my child, and how Cecily's young death came near to destroying me. Far fewer know that I found something akin to that again some years after Cecily's death. Carrie Anne Fleming was cast as my wife on Supernatural in my fifth season on the show. I fell for her hard, and I did it mere seconds after meeting her. To my joy and shock, it seems the same thing happened to her. We "met cute," in Hollywood speak. As we sat on the set before our first scene, saying our hellos and breaking the ice as actors do when first paired up for a scene, she mentioned the name Madeline Rose. I was flummoxed, because that is my daughter's name, and there was no reason Carrie should know it. I said tentatively, "Who's Madeline Rose?" She said, "Oh, that's my daughter." I said, "Wait. That's MY daughter." Turns out that, spelling differences aside, our daughters had the same name. And that, as also happens in the movies, was the beginning of a beautiful friendship. We ran lines of dialog together in my trailer and talked for hours that first day, and the electricity between us was practically visible. She was a powerhouse of vitality and goodwill and amazingly good nature, with a rapturous laugh and an utterly adorable personality that didn't seem to have an off switch. I was so in love I think my eyes turned silver. She seemed to think I was worth hanging around with, too. We shot Supernatural in Canada, where she lived. I live in Southern California. The geographic and legal ramifications of those facts, particularly as pertains to child custody, kept us both physically and matrimonially apart, though we remedied the first when we could and, I'm sure, at some point we would have remedied the latter if it had been possible. As it was, we just loved each other as best we could. There were others, for both of us, but always there was the bond we had started with. Had certain laws and maps been different, I'm not sure I would have been able to love anyone else. She got me like only one other person really, truly ever has. Except for my love for her, I'm not sure if I would have been good for her. But she was terribly good for me. I lost Cecily to cancer in 2004. Thursday, I lost Carrie to the same disease. I never thought my heart could break so badly more than once. But it has. But, oh, the two torches I carry -- what bright, bright light they shed."

Damn what's with all the middle aged TV actors dying lately?

This happened a month ago fyi

cancer is cruel

>died Feb. 26 in Sidney, British Columbia. She was 51. She's been dead a month. Damn.

What is going on with all these recent celebrity deaths happening in quick succession?

Awww man, I loved her episode of Masters Of Horror. She will be missed (and f*** cancer).

People downplay the fact that people die in their 40's and 50's. You expect to grow old and someday die, but as you get older, you either grow old or you are part of the group who died. I am 60. I know people who have died.

F*** cancer. If anyone here is dealing with cancer, just message me - I have support resources.

Too many people not much older than me are dying. Edit: I didn’t realize this innocuous comment would attract so many fucknuts like flies to honey. Lol

She was great in IZombie F*** cancer

Why isn't iZombie available anywhere? It used to be on Netflix or HBO Max

We're in the tenth anniversary of 2016

Get cancer screenings! I am sure she did, but any time a person in their 40s hears this news you are kind of shocked. Even knowing people who have died "young", you still always do "but she was a kid..." She probably did receive treatment (I hope), but the whole "I do not want a prostate exam, it couldn't happen to me" thing is potentially the worst mistake after other bad mistakes

F*** cancer, man. 51 is so young.

JIm Beaver's post about their relationship, and her death: [https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GdD5kjqHd/](https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GdD5kjqHd/)

F*** CANCER.

Jim Beaver adored her, so sad he lost someone else to f****** cancer. And for her daughter and for her dying so young.

My Mom was a friend of hers when I was a teenager and she was the sweetest, nicest person. She would always take time to talk to me when she hosted get-togethers my Mom would drag me to. She was the kind of person that would light up a room when she walked in.

Bro what???

I’m starting to think I need to start traveling the world now, but I’m also not sure it’s a great time to travel in light of everything going on globally 

RIP

Oh no. I loved iZombie

Bro I'm tripping so hard, when did they show bobbies wife?!?!?! I don't remember that at all.

Another reminder how fleeting our existence really is. Will hug and kiss my little daughter a bit more excessively than usual tomorrow morning…folks, be thankful for every minute of every hour you’ve been granted, you never know when it’ll end.

Way. Too. Young.

I know what you mean about the middle aged TV actors, it's been really sad to see so many people go in the last few years. I think part of it is just that we're getting to the age where a lot of the actors from our childhood are hitting their 50s and 60s, and unfortunately that's when a lot of health problems start to catch up with people. It's still really shocking to hear about someone like Carrie Anne Fleming passing away though, she was always so talented and seemed to bring a lot of life to her characters.

I didn't recognize her at first, despite having watched most of Supernatural and iZombie, until it was noted she played "Jenifer" in the episode of Masters of Horror. That was a great episode, and she was amazing in it.

What is going on? There are a lot of deaths of celebrities/public figures back-to-back. May she rest in peace.

damn too young RIP Carrie Anne she was great in those shows

RIP, damn celebrity deaths do come in 3s

Wow, I saw something about Jim Beaver (her Supernatural co-star) posting a tribute to her a few weeks ago but I had assumed it was some fake AI thing.

Too many young actors are dying. WTF is going on?

RIP.

Wow she was Jenifer in MOH by far scariest looking horror character kinda gave me nightmares years ago

But Candy is a zombie she can't die :(

Man, Supernatural is becoming a f****** cursed show with how many actresses died

This is so sad :( We REALLY should be throwing everything we have at curing as many forms of cancer as we can. We are making strides, but it's nowhere near enough.

Gosh I AM SO heartbroken

I literally went on holiday for 4 days and several actors passed.

damn thats way too young RIP Carrie

It’s weird that so many WB stars have passed away around the same time.

F*** cancer. Lost too many friends over the years to it (bone, breast, lung, etc.) & am a breast cancer survivor of just over 3 years but even with reaching every year of survivorship, I always live in fear that it's going to come back to get me. The thing is with cancer is it doesn't care who you are, how much money you have, it doesn't care if you're famous, or living on the street. The fact is cancer can come for anyone anytime and sometimes more than once. That's the reality I live with every single day of my life. Never knowing what's around the corner. Breaks my heart when I learn about someone I admired, liked or am close to when getting diagnosed, I wish there were more success stories being published. Because there are those of us out here are still fighting the fight, but losing those along the way that it was either too late for or too aggressive is very disheartening. I post this knowing full well there are many more of us out there who have had such an intimate experience with this evil disease.

RIP