Child star Samantha Weinstein dies at 28 after battling ovarian cancer

• Child star Samantha Weinstein dies after a battle with cancer.
• She had been ill for two years.
• Samantha Weinstein was just 28 years old.

Actress Samantha Weinstein dies. Once again show business is dressed in mourning. A beloved actress has become one more star that graces the sky after dying tragically at the age of 28. She had been battling ovarian cancer.

The beloved child star and musician passed away on Sunday, May 14. She was diagnosed just two and a half years ago. Samantha was at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto.

Actress Samantha Weinstein dies

According to Global News Canada,  Weinstein had been acting since the age of six, even voicing various characters in animated television series. Her father, David Weinstein, opened his heart and spoke about his daughter’s death.

«Sam was actually a living embodiment of a sunbeam, She was so full of positive energy, anyone who ever met her would say that she just lit up every room she walked into,” said her father, David Weinstein.

«Sam was actually the living embodiment of a sunbeam»

When she was just 10 years old, Samantha began appearing regularly in a variety of films, including Siblings, Big Girl, Ninth Street Chronicles, and The Stone Angel. In 2013, she appeared in the 2013 remake of Carrie, which starred Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore.

The Sun revealed that her mother, Jojo Tindall-Weinstein, said: «The one thing that’s really struck me in the last week or so is … everyone who I talked to says that she changed their life. And I know that sounds really dramatic, but people are really serious when they say that. Her infectious, positive attitude actually changed the way other people live.»