Susan Saint James’ official cause of death has been disclosed.
According to a death certificate obtained by People magazine, the Kate & Allie star passed away on October 26 from metastatic pancreatic cancer.
For those unaware, Saint’s death was announced by her family on October 27. She was 80.
In a statement, the actress’ family described her as someone “generous with her time and energy, which she valued more than money, and instinctively drawn to whoever needed lifting up.” She taught her children to pause, be kind and look out for other people.”
“She never met a stranger,” the statement continued. “Every person she met became the most important person in the room at that moment, from a fellow board member to the clerk at the shoe store, who usually walked away knowing her entire life story.”
“Her defining act: weeks after losing her youngest son, Teddy, in the November 28, 2004 plane crash, she delivered his eulogy as a note to each of her other children and her husband, giving them words to heal,” they added.
“Even in the deepest grief of her life, she put everyone else first. Days after the crash she sat with [NBC News anchor] Tim Russert to thank the people who had reached out and to tell them the family was okay,” the statement concluded.
