Barna Barsi: How did Judith Barsi’s brother die?

Barna Barsi is the brother of Judith Barsi. Barna Barsi’s sister gained massive recognition in the 1980s. She was a child actor known for films such as the 1987 film Jaws: The Revenge. She was also the voice actress of Ducky in The Land Before Time and Anne-Marie in All Dogs Go to Heaven. Aside from that, she also made appearances in commercials and some television series. What happened to Judith Barsi’s half-brother Barna?

Barna Barsi: Bio Summary

What happened to Barna Barsi?

Barna Barsi was born on September 17, 1957, in Montbeliard, Franche-Comté, France. He is the son of József Barsi and his first wife Klara Barsi. He was the brother of Ági Barsi and Judith Barsi. According to sources, Barna became a chronic alcoholic just like his father Jozsef who also had a drinking brother. Jozsef’s drinking led to three arrests for drunk driving. In his father’s case, As Judith’s career success increased, József became increasingly angry and would routinely threaten to kill himself, his wife, and his daughter when he is drunk.

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At the height of her career, Judith was earning an estimated $100,000 per year (equivalent to $229,000 in 2021), which helped her family buy a three-bedroom house in West Hills, Los Angeles.

Barna Barsi’s parents József Barsi and Klara Barsi were both immigrants to the U.S. who fled the Hungarian People’s Republic following the 1956 uprising. Jozsef and Klara ended their marriage before Jozsef got married to Maria Barsi (née Virovacz)– Judith Barsi’s mother- who was also a Hungarian met at a restaurant in California, where Maria worked as a waitress.

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Barsi, 55, apparently shot and killed his 48-year-old wife, Maria, and his daughter, Judith, 10, doused the bodies with gasoline, and set them on fire before going to the garage and shooting himself in the head with a .32-caliber pistol, investigators said.  Maria told her neighbor the previous week before their murder that her husband became abusive and threatening when he drank.

The real-life-villains.wikia.com site describes Burna’s father best: 

 Joe was a Hungarian-American plumbing contractor and banjo/fiddle musician who was best known as the father of child actress Judith Barsi. Burdened by low self-esteem, stemming from mockery over his Hungarian accent and the social rejection he suffered in Hungary, József developed a drinking problem and a paranoid personality which was to torment him throughout his life, culminating in him murdering his wife and daughter before taking his own life.

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How did Barna Barsi die?

Unfortunately, the elder brother of the child star also passed away at the age of 37. Per Findagrave, Barna died by drowning, when he fell off a bridge in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1995. Police suspected no foul play in his death.

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A newspaper report of his death read- “A 37-year-old Scottsdale man was found dead Thursday morning In a canal near Scottsdale and Camelback roads. Although the cause of the death of Barna Barsi will not be known until an autopsy is performed, police found no signs w of foul play and suspect Barn’s death was accidental. Barsi, of the 4700 block of • North 68th Street, was last seen alive on Monday evening by his mother, but • police doubt he had been in the canal that long because decomposition was not advanced, said Sgt. John Cocca, a police spokesman.“