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Kieran Culkin opens up about the death of older sister Dakota 16 years after the tragic loss

Dakota died 16 years ago at age 29 after she was hit by a car in Los Angeles in 2008. In an interview on CBS Sunday Morning , the star, 42, said he lost 'a big piece of myself' when his sibling died.

'That's the worst thing that's ever happened, and there's no sugar coating that one,' Kieran told The Hollywood Reporter in 2021 when asked about the death of Dakota, who was struck by a car when she stepped off the curb outside of a bar and in front of a moving vehicle. The actor, who has two children with wife Jazz Charton, said he still breaks down in tears when he thinks about his sister, particularly when he recalls a tender moment that they shared and realizes that his own kids will never get the chance to know their aunt. Kieran has rarely opened up about his private life, and he has refrained from going into detail about the impact of his sister's loss in the past - save for a Vanity Fair interview in 2018, when it was revealed that he had initially given up his supporting role in the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World when he received the news about Dakota's death.

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