Christy Knowings, who starred on All That from 1997 to 2000, has died at the age of 46.
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TMZ was the first to report on her death, saying that she suffered an asthma attack that left her with brain damage.
A family member told the outlet that Knowings was hospitalized on Friday and placed on life support.
The actress remained on life support through Tuesday. Her family made the difficult decision to take her off life support. She died Tuesday night in a Los Angeles area hospital.
Knowings joined the cast of the teen sketch show in 1997 after appearing on And Now This, a Rosie O’Donnell sketch comedy special produced by the network. During her three-year run on the Nickelodeon show, she played various characters, including Jessica in the long-running “Whateverrr!!!” sketch with Amanda Bynes.
In addition to her work on All That, she appeared on three episodes of Sesame Street alongside her twin brother Chris Knowings.
She released a folk single, “To the World,” in 2020.
Knowings’ former All That castmate Kenan Thompson shared a tribute to the actress on his Instagram.
“Man this one hit hard!!! Rest well Christy!!! Never could have imagined this day!! Sending so much love to her family!! She was a real one and one of the funniest people out here!!! Gonna miss you buddy!!! Show @christyknowings some love y’all!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️😢” he wrote.
All That original cast member Josh Server commented, writing “Ohhhhhh nooooooo what I’m just seeing this 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔.”
Gabrielle Nevaeh, another former cast member, wrote “❤️❤️❤️.”