Wendy Goldstein: How did Rupert Holmes’ daughter die?

Wendy Goldstein

Wendy Goldstein was the daughter of Rupert Holmes. Wendy Goldstein’s father is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist, and author. He gained massive fame for the hit singles “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” (1979) and “Him” (1980). 

Wendy Goldstein: Bio Summary

Full NameWendy Goldstein
famous as daughter of Rupert Holmes
Age 10 years old at the time of death
Date of Birth1976
Place of Birth United States of America
Date of death1986
NationalityAmerican
EthnicityCaucasian
Siblings  Timothy Goldstein, Nick Goldstein
Parents  Rupert Holmes, Elizabeth Wood Dreifuss

Who are Rupert Holmes’ children?  Timothy Goldstein, Nick Goldstein, and Wendy Goldstein

Wendy Goldstein was born in 1976 in the United States of America. She was the daughter of  Rupert Holmes and his wife Elizabeth Wood Dreifuss. She was not the only child of her parents. She had two brothers-  Timothy Goldstein and Nick Goldstein. Nick, a filmmaker, and Timothy, who is autistic. Their mother Elizabeth Wood Dreifuss is an attorney. Their father’s birth name is David Goldstein.

According to Timothy Goldstein’s article on muckrack, titled What I wish my boss understood about neurodiversity, he describes himself as fairly high-functioning, techie, and an inventor- He wrote-“For someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), I’m fairly high-functioning. I’m a techie, I’m an inventor, and I was diagnosed at age 54. I’m even a good out-bound communicator, which masks my diagnosis to some extent. Despite that, I’ve been fired from more jobs than most people hold in their lifetime. And you better believe my ASD had a lot to do with that. Looking back, I suspect that I would have been fired far less if my managers and colleagues had understood me better.

The ages of Rupert Holmes’ sons -Timothy Goldstein and Nick Goldstein are unknown. However, Wendy Goldstein was with the family for about 10 years before she sadly passed away. What happened to Rupert Holme’s daughter? How did she die?

ALSO, READ; Elizabeth Wood Dreifuss: Facts About Rupert Holmes’ wife

What happened to Rupert Holmes’ daughter?

According to her father’s Wikipedia page, Wendy died suddenly in 1986, at the age of ten, of an undiagnosed brain tumor. The loss of Wendy caused the family a great deal of pain but as we all know we have little to almost no control over death. In 2009, the family moved from Scarsdale, New York, where they had lived since Wendy’s death, to Cold Spring, New York.

Their parents were childhood friends. They got married in 1969 and have been together ever since. They have no rumors of a breakup. it is about five decades and counting and they are still loved up. Holmes made his professional debut as a playwright with the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood in 1985. The success of Drood would lead Holmes to write other plays (both musical and non-) in later years, though he has stated that he avoided musical theater for some time after the death of his beloved daughter Wendy.

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Kennedy Gedzah is a graduate of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology-KNUST (2018). He is the Owner and has been the lead content creator at Dicytrends.com since 2020. His Passion for providing people with credible and well-researched information on the internet led him to build Dicytrends.com. With more than 5 years of experience in blogging and writing, he has amassed sufficient knowledge on various topics, including biographies, fashion and lifestyles, Entertainment, and more. You can contact him via email: Kgedzah@gmail.com

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