Actor Chad Lowe and producer Kim Painter say their 13-year-old daughter Fiona Hepler Lowe has died, remembering her as the light of their lives and asking for privacy.

Fox 8 reported from Los Angeles that the Lowe family announced Tuesday that Fiona Hepler Lowe died at age 13. She had been set to turn 14 in November.

Chad Lowe, 58, and Kim Painter shared the news in a family statement given to PEOPLE. The couple also has two other daughters. Chad is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe.

The statement spoke in plain grief. It did not list a cause of death, a place of death, or an exact date of death, and those details remain unreleased.

Parents who lose a child often face a public glare they never wanted. That pressure lands harder when the family name already draws cameras, a pattern familiar in other painful cases of young lives cut short, including coverage of a Frankfort mother charged in her toddler’s death.

In their message, the family said they are “deeply heartbroken by the loss of our beloved Fiona.”

They remembered her as “a loving young girl who was smart, creative, and loved to dance.”

"She was adored by her sisters and she was deeply loved by her parents," the family said. "In fact, she was the light of our lives."

Family asks for prayers, points struggling people to 988

The Lowes asked for prayers and for privacy as they mourn. They also included a direct line for anyone in mental-health crisis: call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.

Their statement put it this way: “If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, please reach out to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988.”

No official manner of death was given in the announcement. Responsible coverage sticks to what the family chose to say, not to guesses others might pile on.

Public tragedies still draw wall-to-wall attention, whether the story is a private family loss or a violent crime case such as the Twin Falls In-N-Out shooting and its aftermath. Restraint matters more when the person who died is a child.

Last year, Dad celebrated her first days as a teen

Chad Lowe marked a brighter milestone on Instagram last year when Fiona entered her teens.

“Celebrating Fiona officially becoming a teen today!!” he wrote. “Keep dancing through life FiBear! Love you soooo much!!”

That nickname and the dance note match how the family described her after her death, creative, loving, and happiest in motion.

A February 4, 2023 photo caption places Chad Lowe, Kim Painter, Fiona, and sisters Nixie Lowe and Mabel Lowe together at a Walt Disney Studios premiere in Burbank for Marvel’s “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.” It is one of the last public family images tied to the report.

High-profile grief can collide with court drama and cable news in ugly ways, as readers have seen in the long trail of stories around the accused Charlie Kirk assassin’s alleged texts and motive claims. The Lowes’ request for privacy draws a clearer line.

What the public record still does not say

The family statement, as carried in the Fox 8 account, does not name a hospital, a city beyond the Los Angeles dateline, or a medical cause. It does not assign blame. It does not invite a media trial.

It names a daughter, a age, a hole in a household, and a plea for space. That is the core of the news.

Other recent cases show how fast a death story can turn into process, motions, and score-settling, from a Utah judge ordering a standing trial and keeping the death penalty in play to sharp clashes over courtroom rhetoric. None of that machinery can repair what this family lost.

Fiona Hepler Lowe was 13. Her parents say she was the light of their lives. They asked the public to pray, to respect their privacy, and, if hurting, to call or text 988.

A culture that protects childhood, family, and basic decency owes them at least that much silence and respect.