Sad news: Mia Farrow’s daughter Lark, who had been ill for quite some time due to an undisclosed condition, passed away on Christmas day. She was 35 years old and the mother of two teenaged girls. Lark Previn was Mia’s first adopted daughter with then-husband Andre Previn. Mia adopted her along with her sister, Daisy, from Vietnam in 1973.

Lark Previn, the Vietnamese-born adopted daughter of Farrow and musician Andre Previn, died on Christmas Day, the medical examiner said Monday.

Lark Previn, 35, a mother of two girls, had been ailing for a decade. A cause of death was not released.

Her two daughters, Sara, 13, and Christine, 12, sat in the front row at her wake last night at a Brooklyn funeral home.

Robert Garcia, Previn’s live-in boyfriend, declined comment.

Neighbors in the couple’s Clinton Hill apartment building said she was somewhat reclusive and gave no hint that her mother was a celebrity.

“We never knew. She never let on,” said Lillian Rivera, 42, a neighbor. “She was a mystery.”

The young mom was obviously ailing and had grown skinny and lost most of her hair in recent months.
“It’s very sad,” the neighbor said.

Lark Previn and her sister, Daisy, 34, were the first of Farrow’s multiethnic gaggle of adopted kids.

The two sisters first made headlines in 1991 when they were arrested for shoplifting underwear from a mall in Connecticut, near Farrow’s country home.

Mia Farrow and Andre Previn also adopted the Korean-born Soon-Yi Previn, who wound up marrying Woody Allen - the actress’ one-time companion - after a scandalous affair became public in 1992.

Farrow’s children mostly sided with her against Allen in their epic feud, which included child molestation accusations against the famed director.

From NY Daily News

How sad for Mia and her grandchildren! Imagine losing a loved one on Christmas day. It would make it hard to enjoy that day like everyone else from then on. Not only are you missing the person you lost, but you are marking Christmas as the day you lost them. Condolences to the family.

Mia Farrow is shown on 10/17/08 at “Free The Children’s National Me to We Day” in Toronto. Credit:
Robin Wong / PR Photos

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