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George Clooney’s older sister, Adelia “Ada” Zeidler, has died at the age of 65 after a private battle with cancer. She passed away on December 19, 2025, at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Edgewood, Kentucky, surrounded by loved ones, her obituary states. Her brother, Oscar-winning actor George Clooney, paid tribute to her courage and humor in the face of illness, calling her “my hero” and saying that he and his wife Amal Clooney will miss her deeply.
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Ada was born on May 2, 1960, in Los Angeles, to journalist and TV host Nick Clooney and writer Nina Bruce Warren. Unlike her brother’s life in the public eye, she chose a quieter path focused on community and creativity. After excelling academically as a National Merit Scholar in high school, she pursued a life dedicated to education and the arts in Augusta, Kentucky. Over the years she worked as an elementary school art teacher at Augusta Independent School, where she shared her artistic skills with young students, and she was actively involved in her local book club and the Augusta Art Guild.
Ada married Norman Zeidler, a retired Army captain, on March 14, 1987, in a ceremony in Augusta that brought together family and community. He died in 2004 from a heart attack, leaving her to raise their two children, Nick Zeidler and Allison Zeidler Herolaga. Despite her brother’s international fame, she maintained a private life, occasionally appearing at family events such as George’s wedding to Amal Clooney in Venice in 2014.
She is survived by her children and their families, her parents Nick and Nina Clooney, her brother George, his wife Amal, and extended family members. A funeral mass and memorial service were planned for December 22, 2025, with the family suggesting donations to the Knoedler Memorial Library in Augusta in her memory.
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