Gone Girl actor Lisa Banes dies 10 days after hit-and-run

Gone Girl actor Lisa Banes died 10 days after being injured by a hit-and-run driver in New York City, police mentioned. The 65-year-old Banes, who was struck by a scooter or motorbike whereas crossing a avenue on June 4, died Monday at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, a police division spokesperson mentioned. The driver didn't cease, police mentioned.

Banes appeared in quite a few tv exhibits and films, together with Gone Girl in 2014 and Cocktail with Tom Cruise in 1988. On tv, she had roles on Nashville, Madam Secretary, Masters of Sex and NCIS.

She acted on stage often, together with Broadway appearances within the Neil Simon play Rumors in 1988, within the musical High Society in 1998 and within the Noel Coward play Present Laughter in 2010.

Her supervisor, David Williams, mentioned Banes was hit as she was crossing Amsterdam Avenue on the best way to go to the Juilliard School, her alma mater.

Banes lived in Los Angeles and was married to Kathryn Kranhold, a contributing reporter for the Center for Public Integrity.

Friends and colleagues mourned Banes on Tuesday on Twitter.

“Just busted,” singer Jill Sobule tweeted. “Lisa Banes was magnificent, hilarious, and big-hearted – always helped me though the hard times. She was so beloved by so many.”

Just busted. Lisa Banes was magnificent, hilarious, and big-hearted – at all times helped me although the onerous occasions. She was so beloved by so many pic.twitter.com/85IL2OZKMd

— jillsobule (@jillsobule) June 15, 2021

Actor Seth McFarlane mentioned he was deeply saddened on the demise of Banes, whom he labored with on his TV collection The Orville.

“Her stage presence, magnetism, skill and talent were matched only by her unwavering kindness and graciousness toward all of us,” McFarlane tweeted.

Police have made no arrests.