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Isabelle Tate‘s cause of death has come to light.
The 9-1-1: Nashville actress died from a rare form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, an inherited neurological disorder, on Oct. 19, her talent agent Kim McCray told Entertainment Weekly. She was 23.
MCray added that Tate “passed away peacefully” and that the rising star’s family “requests privacy as they deal with this sudden and shocking loss.”
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease—also known as hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy—causes nerve damage in the arms and legs, per Mayo Clinic. Symptoms, which may also include muscle weakness and atrophy, typically show up during the teen years or early adulthood and could be exacerbated by another condition such as diabetes.
According to Isabelle, she was diagnosed with the condition when she was 13.
“Recently, it’s really progressed and I’ve come to terms that if I was to live my life to the fullest, I need to use a wheelchair at times,” she wrote in a 2022 Instagram post. “This has been a difficult journey for me because having to accept help and surrender to the progression of this condition has been extremely hard.”
