Golden Globe winner Sally Kirkland dies in Palm Springs hospice
Jesus Reyes
Update 11/11/25
Sally Kirkland died in Palm Springs Tuesday at the age of 84.
Original Report 11/10/25
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Legendary actress Sally Kirkland has entered hospice care in Palm Springs amid a battle with dementia.
Kirkland’s publicist told TMZ over the weekend that Kirkland has been battling dementia over the year.
Organizers of a GoFundMe page set up to help with expenses said over the past year, Kirkland fractured her four bones in her neck, right wrist, and her left hip. While recovering, she developed two separate life-threatening infections.
According to the organizers of the page, a fundraiser was set up to as Kirkland has had extensive out-of-pocket costs that exceeded her savings and monthly pension income.
“SAG-AFTRA cancelled the supplement insurance for members over the age of 65 that served as members Medigap coverage. The chaotic and confusing transition to another Medigap policy was marked with significant challenges leaving Sally with extensive out of pocket costs that have exceeded her savings and monthly pension income,” reads the GoFundMe page.
Click here if you would like to make a donation.
Additionally, despite a successful career as an actor, organizers said bad advice from a financial advisor-business manager in 2007 during the market crash led to Kirkland losing the bulk of her investments and the money she made during the peak of her career.
The page is close to its goal of $65,000, thanks to more than 600 donations already.
Kirkland has appeared in more than 300 projects during her 60-year career, including JFK, the Sting, EDtv, Bruce Almighty, Revenge, the Haunted. In 1988, she won a Golden Globe for her role in the film Anna, a role she was received an Academy Award nomination.
She recently appeared in the comedy, 80 for Brady, and the indie-hit Sallywood.