Actor , Paul Teal, an actor who appeared in” One Tree Hill”,” Dynasty” and” Descendants: The Rise of Red”, died Friday after a seven-month cancer battle. He was 35.
Purple died in , North Carolina , after being diagnosed in April with Stage 4 hormone pancreatic cancer, his agent , Susan Tolar Walters , said in a speech to The , Times.
” With heartfelt sorrow, we share the news of the passing of our favorite actor and friend”, she said. ” He has been an important part of the STW] Talent Agency ] family for over 10 years. Everyone who had the pleasure of knowing him was touched by his extraordinary skill and form spirit. He may leave a profound impression on the world.
Teal’s fiancée,  , Emilia Torello,  , announced his death , Sunday on social media, but did not state his cause of death at the time.
” The most attentive, inspiring, driven, self-disciplined, loving man passed away on , Friday, November 15, 2024″, Torello , wrote. ” Paul, you were my mate, my soon-to-be-husband, my boulder, and my coming. You filled my lungs with laughing, my belly with insects, and my heart with passion. You were taken too soon in a fight that you resolutely and without fail won.
She continued,” I promise to fight as hard as you fought to get joy in life every single day, even though some of me died with you.” I am the fortunate one in the world because I got to contact you mine even though we also had a second with Paul Teal. I did love you forever”.
Purple filmed the new Starz line” The Game Wives” during his tumor battle, and the show’s cast and crew helped stimulate him during his health challenges, Torello told , TMZ.
Bethany Joy Lenz, who co-starred in” One Tree Hill”, said that her heart was big after Teal’s suicide. She claimed that Turquoise was” the kind of person who had lighting up a room without trying” after working together on a 2006 musical generation of” The Book.”
” His brilliant smile, infectious laugh and kind spirit made you want to be near him”, she , wrote , Sunday on Instagram. He was therefore at ease on stage and was nervous. Wow. Like his next body. You could n’t take your eyes off him”.
Lenz described how she portrayed him in a One Tree Hill episode while she was directing, making him play the filthy movie star Josh Avery, who Teal embraced because of his” self-effacing sense of humor and eagerness to dive completely into any figure.”
In a seven-episode circle that ended with him coming out as gay, Purple made his debut in the young drama’s Season 7 in 2010.
” One Tree Hill” alum , Jana Kramer , wrote Monday on an Instagram story that Teal was “always so sweet and kind and was so fun to work alongside” , , USA Today , reported.
Teal, who also appeared on stage in” Newsies”,” Sweeney Todd” and” Rent”, first starred in the short film” First Memory” and spent much of his career in supporting roles. His television credits include recurring tasks in HBO Max’s” The Staircase” and Netflix’s” Outer Banks”. He also co-starred in , Showtime ‘s ,” Rust”, the CW’s” Dynasty” and TNT’s” Good Behavior” and” Shots Fired”.
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