Mia Farrow’s son Thaddeus ‘killed himself’

THE medical examiner has ruled that Mia Farrow’s son Thaddeus, 27, who was found with life-threatening injuries in a car, committed suicide.

Mia Farrow poses with her adopted son Thaddeus as they participate in the global summit on polio eradication in 2007. Picture: AP

CONNECTICUT authorities have ruled the death of Mia Farrow’s 27-year-old son, Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, a suicide, saying he shot himself in the torso.

State police said Thaddeus Farrow was found in his vehicle on Wednesday afternoon in Roxbury with a life-threatening injury and was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

Mia Farrow with children Minh, Thaddeus and Ronan. Picture: Supplied

The state medical examiner’s office determined the cause of death overnight after an autopsy.

Farrow wrote in a Twitter post that her family is devastated by Thaddeus’ death.

Thaddeus Farrow suffered from polio and was adopted by Mia Farrow. Picture: YouTube

“We’re devastated by the loss of Thaddeus, our beloved son and brother. He was a wonderful, courageous person who overcame so much hardship in his short life. We miss him. Thank you for the outpouring of condolences and words of kindness. If you or someone you love needs help, or if you want to support a group doing life saving work, please visit: https://afsp.org/”

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— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) September 22, 2016

Representatives for the actress did not return messages.

State police say Thaddeus Farrow lived in Torrington, about a 39-kilometre drive from Roxbury. Public records show he had lived at his mother’s property in nearby Bridgewater until a few years ago.

Woody Allen in 1986 with Soon-Yi Previn (right), Dylan (centre with Mia Farrow), Fletcher, second left, and Moses. Picture: Supplied

In 1994, Farrow adopted Thaddeus Farrow, who contracted polio in an orphanage in Kolkata, India, and was paralysed from the waist down. He was initially called Gabriel, but like many of Farrow’s children, changed his name.

The adoption came just after her split from director Woody Allen, who had been carrying on an affair with another of Farrow’s adopted children, Soon-Yi.

Tragically, Thaddeus is not the first child Farrow has had to bury.

Mia Farrow, Andre Previn and daughter, Lark in 1973. Picture: Supplied

Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow were married from 1966-1968. She was 21 and he was 51 when they married. Picture: AFP

In 2000, Tam Farrow had a heart condition and died of heart failure at the age of 19 and after a long illness.

Then on Christmas Day 2008, Lark Previn died at the age of 35. Her cause of death was not given but reports from the time suggest she had been living with AIDS, which she had unwittingly passed on to her two daughters, and died of AIDS-related pneumonia.

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