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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 8 July 2019

Actor Cameron Boyce dies at age 20

By AMY FORLITI for the organization to build ented performer, a remark-
Associated Press two wells in Eswatini, for- ably caring and thoughtful
Actor Cameron Boyce, merly known as Swaziland, person and, above all else,
best known for his role as in efforts to bring clean he was a loving and dedi-
the teenage son of Cruella drinking water to the re- cated son, brother, grand-
de Vil in the Disney Channel gion. son and friend,” the state-
franchise “Descendants,” In 2017, he received a Day- ment said. “We offer our
has died. He was 20 years time Emmy Award with Dis- deepest condolences to his
old. ney XD for his participation family, castmates and col-
Boyce, who played Carlos in the series “Timeless He- leagues and join his many
de Vil in the “Descendants” roes_Be Inspired,” in honor millions of fans in grieving
movies, died Saturday at of Black History Month. his untimely passing. He will
his home in Los Angeles, He appeared alongside be dearly missed.”
according to his spokes- his grandmother Jo Ann Walt Disney Co. Chairman
person. In this April 25, 2019, file photo, Cameron Boyce arrives at WE Boyce, one of 12 black and Chief Executive Rob-
An official cause of death Day California at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. teens known as the Clinton ert Iger tweeted Sunday:
has not been announced, Associated Press 12 who were the first to in- “The Walt Disney Company
but his family released a ken,” the family statement the upcoming HBO series tegrate into public school mourns the loss of #Cam-
statement Sunday saying said. “Mrs. Fletcher.” in Clinton, Tennessee, ac- eronBoyce, who was a
Boyce “passed away in his According to his bio on “Descendants 3” is sched- cording to his Disney Chan- friend to so many of us, and
sleep due to a seizure that the Disney Channel, Boyce uled for release in August. nel biography. filled with so much talent,
was a result of an ongo- was born and raised in Los His spokesperson said Sun- A Disney Channel spokes- heart and life, and far too
ing medical condition for Angeles. He was a dancer day that Boyce was also a person released a state- young to die. Our prayers
which he was being treat- who got his acting start in philanthropist who used his ment Sunday saying that go out to his family and his
ed. commercials, then televi- celebrity to advocate for from a young age, Boyce friends.”
“The world is now undoubt- sion and film. Boyce starred those without a voice, in- dreamed of sharing his ar- Several of Boyce’s co-stars
edly without one of its alongside Adam Sandler in cluding the homeless. Last tistic talents with the world reacted to his death on so-
brightest lights, but his spirit “Grown Ups” and “Grown year, he was honored for and was fueled by a de- cial media Sunday.
will live on through the kind- Ups 2,” and other film cred- his work with the Thirst Proj- sire to make a difference Sandler tweeted : “Loved
ness and compassion of all its include “Mirrors,” ‘’Eagle ect, bringing awareness to in peoples’ lives through his that kid. Cared so much
who knew and loved him. Eye” and the indie feature the global water crisis and humanitarian work. about his family. Cared so
We are utterly heartbro- “Runt.” He also starred in raising more than $30,000 “He was an incredibly tal- much about the world.q