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Kelsey Grammer is continuing to cope with the grief of his sister’s horrific death.
After Grammer’s sister Karen was brutally murdered nearly 50 years ago, the “Frasier” star opened up about finding “closure.”
The “Frasier” star penned a memoir with harrowing details about Karen’s death.
‘FRASIER’ STAR KELSEY GRAMMER FORGIVES HIS SISTER’S KILLER BUT WON’T ‘ADVOCATE FOR HIS FREEDOM’
Actor Kelsey Grammer opened up about his late sister’s death after she was tragically murdered at the age of 18. (Getty Images)
“It was a deeply troubling act by three young men,” Grammer explained on CBS “Mornings.”
When asked why he decided to share his story through the book, “Karen: A Memoir,” he replied, “Closure, grief … continuing closure for me.”
“And to pass on the idea that other people who have been through the same kind of grief, the same kind of just wrenching, forever grief, can turn to some things if they have the grace and the understanding that love is forever,” Grammer remarked.
The “Frasier” star is working on a memoir about his sister’s death. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation)
“That love you had is real and forever. It doesn’t disappear, and that helped me a lot.”
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VideoThe “Cheers” star shared that it took him “a long time to come to a place” where he felt comfortable writing a book about what happened to his younger sister.
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Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane in the “Frasier” episode “Ham Radio.” The original broadcast was April 22, 1997. (CBS via Getty Images)
Grammer also said that he spoke with his late sister through a medium to help grieve her death.
In 1975, Grammer’s 18-year-old sister, Karen, was kidnapped outside a restaurant by serial killer Freddie Glenn. Glenn reportedly raped the teenager before brutally attacking her and leaving her to die. Grammer identified his sister’s body a week later. He was just 20 years old at the time.
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Grammer said he spoke with his late sister through a medium to help grieve her death. (Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb)
Glenn was convicted in 1976 for the killings of Karen Grammer and two other victims from the previous year. The Supreme Court ruled Glenn could seek parole after 30 years, but the sitcom star has twice helped to block attempts for Glenn to receive parole as justice for his sister and the other victims’ families.
At a parole hearing in 2009, Kelsey wrote a letter to the court that said, “She was my best friend and the best person I knew. She had so much to live for. I loved my sister, Karen. I miss her. I miss her in my bones.
“I was her big brother. I was supposed to protect her — I could not. I have never gotten over it. … It very nearly destroyed me.”
Before his sister’s death, the 69-year-old star first experienced loss at the age of 13 when his father was shot and killed during a home invasion. And following the death of his sister Karen, Grammer’s two half-brothers, Stephen and Billy, died in a scuba diving accident in the Virgin Islands.
Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an Entertainment Writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to stephanie.giang@fox.com and on Twitter: @SGiangPaunon.
