Ben Afflecks Mother Passes Away at 82

Chris Anne Affleck, the mother of Ben and Casey Affleck, has died at the age of 82 from pancreatic .

Chris Anne's family revealed the sad news Thursday following her passing on June 2, according to a Legacy obituary. 

The matriarch of the family is survived by sons Ben and Casey; and five grandkids Indiana, Violet, Atticus, Fin and Sam.

According to her obit, she had been told by doctors she had six months to live last December, and her final wish was to see her grandson's high school graduation.

She attended the ceremony this past May 31, and died while sleeping days later.

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for  and Casey Affleck for further comment on the story. 

Chris Anne had been born in December of 1942 in New York City. She graduated from Harvard University and taught public school for 35 years prior to her retirement in 2008.

Ben, speaking with The Hollywood Reporter in 2012 about his mother, said, 'My mother taught public school, went to Harvard and then got her master’s there and taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school.'

She was a staunch advocate for civil rights, and had traveled to the South in the 1960s during a time of social change, according to her .

Chris Anne 'taught literacy classes in Mississippi during Freedom Summer, marched against the Vietnam War, and reveled in 1960s counterculture,' her obituary stated.

She carried these values into the classroom, the obit stated, as 'every student, whether just arrived from Haiti or Cambridge upper crust, was a cherished citizen of her classroom republic, equal to each other and to herself.