Kailia Posey, 'Toddlers & Tiaras' Star, Dead at 16

Colin Cantwell, whose design work on the Star Wars spacecraft thrilled generations of moviegoers, died Saturday at his Colorado home. He was 90 and his death was confirmed by Sierra Dall, his long-time partner

Hollywood Reporter reported Sunday that Sierra Dall, Cantwell’s partner, confirmed that he died at his home in Colorado on Saturday.Cantwell designed the prototypes for the X-wing Starfighter, TIE fighter and Death Star.He also worked on films including “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” and “WarGames.”Cantwell was born in San Francisco in 1932. Before working on Hollywood films, Cantwell attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he got a degree in animation.

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Editor's note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Kailia Posey's cause and manner of death was confirmed by the Whatcom County Medical Examiner's Office Wednesday in a release shared online.

Kailia Posey's cause of death has been ruled a suicide. The Whatcom County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed Wednesday that suicide was the official cause of death for the  alum. The autopsy and toxicology reports are not public information.The medical examiner's ruling comes just days after Posey's family shared the cause of her untimely passing at 16 years old. «Although she was an accomplished teenager with a bright future ahead of her, unfortunately in one impetuous moment, she made the rash decision to end her earthly life,» her family told TMZ in a statement. At the time she appeared on the former TLC series at 10 years old, Posey was already a trained contortionist while also competing in pageants.

One week after Kailia Posey’s death made headlines, more details about the Toddlers and Tiaras alum’s passing have emerged.

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Kailia Posey is being remembered by those who knew the late pageant star. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Maureen Francisco – who worked with Posey at her most recent pageant – shared that she was "in shock" when she heard the news.  "When I first saw the post that her mom posted about Kailia, I was in shock, I didn’t believe it. At first, I thought maybe her mother’s Facebook got hacked, so I had to wait.

Editor's note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).

TMZ. “She won countless crowns & trophies after competing on the pageant circuit her entire life … Her highly acclaimed talent as a contortionist had already led to professional touring job offers, and she had recently been selected to be a cheerleader at her high school next fall,” the statement continued.

Michael Appler On Wednesday evening in New York City, Colin Firth and the cast of HBO’s “The Staircase” celebrated its premiere at the Museum of Modern Art.Created by Antonio Campos with showrunner Maggie Cohn, “The Staircase” marks HBO’s turn at the true crime story of Kathleen Peterson, who was found dead at the bottom of her staircase in 2001. The story of what followed and came before — her husband Michael Peterson’s indictment and trial, unearthed secrets, treatment by prosecutors and twisting family drama — was first the subject of a 2004 documentary miniseries, then republished and given new episodes by Netflix, and now fictionalized in HBO’s limited series led by Firth and Toni Collette. “I think about Truman Capote and ‘In Cold Blood,’ which was itself a first of its kind,” Parker Posey, who plays the prosecuting attorney Freda Black in the series, told Variety at the premiere.

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 alum Kailia Posey's death, her family has shared the cause of her untimely passing at 16 years old. «Although she was an accomplished teenager with a bright future ahead of her, unfortunately in one impetuous moment, she made the rash decision to end her earthly life,» her family told TMZ in a statement. At the time she appeared on the former TLC series at 10 years old, Posey was already a trained contortionist while also competing in pageants. A moment of her grinning on the show has since become a popular GIF. Her family recalled Kailia's many accomplishments to TMZ, including her pageant success and job offers to tour professionally as a contortionist. The teenager, who recently celebrated her birthday on April 19, had also been selected at her high school to be a cheerleader in the fall and, as an aviation lover, wanted to pursue a commercial pilot's license.News of her death emerged this week after her mom, Marcy, shared a tribute to Kailia on social media.

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Former Toddlers and Tiaras star Kailia Posey‘s cause of death has been released by her family.

Kailia Posey‘s family is speaking out after her heartbreaking death at the age of 16, revealing the Toddlers and Tiaras alum died by suicide.

Toddlers & Tiaras alum Kailia Posey has died at 16, the pageant queen’s mother revealed in May 2022.

Kailia Posey, who starred in Toddlers and Tiaras, has tragically died, her mum has confirmed in a Facebook post. The teenager celebrated her 16th birthday just last week.