Alec Baldwin honors his late mom a year after her death

Alec Baldwin is working to honor his mother’s legacy. The ‘Rust’ actor remembered his mom in an Instagram post on Friday just one year after her passing.

Carol Baldwin passed away at the age of 92. She battled a breast cancer diagnosis in 1991 and continued to raise awareness and funds for the illness throughout the rest of her life.

Continuing to fundraise

“Hard to believe it’s been one year since the matriarch of the Baldwin family passed,” Alec said in a caption to the post that featured a photo of his mom Carol. “Many days it still can take our breath away, we miss her, but we continue the work to honor her legacy.”

Baldwin invited his fans and followers to share, learn and get more information about the family’s nonprofit group The Baldwin Fund Carol’s Cardinals.

“We are inviting you to join us. Learn how YOU can help us carry on the mission she started, to love others, show compassion, and find a cure,” the caption finished. “Read the story of Carol’s Cardinals today, and help us share it.”

Carol’s lasting impact

Carol had six kids, along with 25 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Baldwin initially announced her passing last year in a social media post.

“My mother taught me about second acts. And third ones too. She spent the last 25 years of her life as a fighter and a champion for the cause to which she devoted so much energy. We are all enormously proud of her accomplishments,” Baldwin said in a statement last year.

In the post announcing her death in 2022, Baldwin shared: “Carol Baldwin raised her children and, when her last was a teenager, went to work in marketing research for a firm called Quick Test, operating out of a local shopping mall.

“In 1991, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After she survived, she joined with a group of Long Island-wide breast cancer support groups to launch an effort with SUNY Stony Brook.”