According to a social media post by his mother, Shelly Sykes, Rory Callum Sykes, an Australian child celebrity, is the most recent victim of flames in Los Angeles. The fire tore through his family’s Malibu residence. Despite Ms. Sykes’ best efforts to save her son, the 32-year-old, who gained notoriety for his appearance on the British TV show Kiddy Kapers in 1998 and went on to become a motivational speaker on living with disability, reportedly passed away from carbon monoxide.
“It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of my beautiful son @Rorysykes to the Malibu fires yesterday. I’m totally heartbroken,” Ms Sykes, wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“He was a British-born Australian living in America, a wonderful son, a gift born on mine and his grandma’s birthday 29 July 92.”
Her kid, who was born with cerebral palsy, was residing in a cabin on the family’s 17-acre Mount Malibu TV Studio property, according to Ms. Skyes. When Ms. Skyes attempted to put out the fire with water, she found that it had been extinguished.
“I couldn’t put out the cinders on his roof with a hose because the water was switched off. Even the 50 brave firefighters had no water all day,” wrote Ms Sykes.
When she returned from her hasty trip to call the local fire department for assistance, she saw that the cottage had been completely destroyed. “Mom leave me,” he [Rory] stated, adding that no mother can abandon her child. Additionally, I was unable to move or lift him due to my broken arm, Ms. Sykes told Australia’s 10 News First.