Rory Sykes, who was best known for his time as a child star on the British children’s show Kiddy Kapers, is dead at age 32. Rory’s mom, Shelley Sykes, announced the heartbreaking update on January 9,

Despite his mother’s desperate efforts to save him, former child star Rory Callum Sykes was killed in the wildfires ravaging Southern California. He was 32.

A former child actor is among the dead in the Los Angeles wildfires, his mother confirmed. Rory Sykes, 32, died as flames surrounded his family’s Malibu home on Jan. 8. According to his mother Shelley Sykes,