An actress with Connecticut roots who appeared in hit TV shows like NBC's "Chicago Fire" and performed in some of the Chicago's most renowned theaters died after she was hit by a falling tree during Friday afternoon's storms.
Hartford native Molly Glynn, 46, was riding her bike with her husband in the Forest Preserve Trail in Erickson Woods when she was hit by the tree.
Glynn was transported to Evanston Hospital in critical condition.
A post on Glynn's husband's Facebook page Friday said Glynn's outlook was "grim." A second post early Saturday morning claimed "she's gone."
"I couldn't save her," her husband wrote.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's office confirmed Saturday afternoon that Glynn died.
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Glynn graduated from the Watkinson School, according to a Hartford Courant article from 1998.
She appeared in television shows like Starz' "Boss" and NBC's "Chicago Fire," where she played a recurring role as an ER doctor. Glynn grew up in Hartford her close family friend, David Rice told the Associated Press.
Glynn graduated from Tufts University after studying theater and classical mythology, according to the Chicago Tribune.
She was also featured in performances at several Chicago theaters, including the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Northlight Theatre, Writers Threatre, the Chicago Shakespeare Theater, the Goodman Theatre and several others.
Members of Chicago's city's theater community were mourning the death of the local actress.
“Molly was a marvelous actress and a completely warm hearted and generous human being," Michael Halberstam, artistic director at Writers Theatre, said in a statement. "She had grace, sophistication and a sparkling, sexy, sassy stage presence. She could transform from a princess to a flower girl in the twinkling of an eye. She was a loving mother and wife and everyone who met her fell in love with her. It is an incalculable loss to the Chicago Theatre community, particularly as she was in the process of emerging as one of the city’s major Players. She possessed a rare combination of talent, heart and beauty in all aspects of her life.”
Glynn was one of the two Chicago performers to die on Saturday.
A fundraising page was set up Saturday in hopes of raising money for a "Molly Glynn Memorial Trust."
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By 2:30 p.m. Saturday the page had already raised more than $27,000.
"The world just dimmed a bit," the page reads. "Again."
