How this Hollywood star transformed pain and loss into a life filled with love and hope

Just a year later, another tragedy struck when Grammer’s father was shot and killed outside their home by a complete stranger who was charged with the killing but was found no guilty by reason of insanity. As expected, this left young Grammer devastated.

During the time Grammer was studying theater at Juilliard in New York, seven years following his father’s murder, he experienced yet another shattering ordeal that changed his life forever.

His younger sister, Karen, was kidnapped by four man, sexually abused, and murdered in Colorado Springs.

For a long time, Grammer blamed himself for the tragedy. Speaking to Vanity Fair, he revealed, “It’s hard to explain. It’s not rational. But it happens anyway. I know a lot of people who’ve lost their siblings and blame themselves.”

One of the men involved in the murder of Karen, Freddie Glenn, was convicted of her murder and of two others. He was initially sentenced to death, but the sentence was later overturned.

Years later, the Emmy-winning star continued speaking out against Glenn’s multiple parole opportunities, writing to the board in 2009.

“I miss her in my bones, I was her big brother. I was supposed to protect her — I could not… It very nearly destroyed me.”