Which disease did J.K. Rowling’s mother, Anne, die from in 1990?

J.K. Rowling’s mother, Anne, died from multiple sclerosis in 1990.

Anne Rowling was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and died on 30 December 1990, aged 45. Her death was a major personal loss for Rowling, who was 25 at the time. Rowling later said that her mother’s illness and death influenced aspects of her writing and her charitable activities.

The event is sometimes confused with the fictional deaths in the Harry Potter series. Anne Rowling was a real person, while the books’ characters and magical illnesses belong to fiction. Rowling also named a neurological disease research clinic at the University of Edinburgh after her mother.

Rowling has supported multiple sclerosis research through charitable donations. The Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic opened in Edinburgh in 2013 and focuses on research and patient care for neurological conditions, linking her mother’s memory with a lasting medical initiative.