Dove Cameronis continuing to pay tribute to her lateDescendantscostar and friend,Cameron Boyce.
On Sunday, Cameron, 23, shared a series of black and white photos of the two hugging each other and laughing. The Instagram post comes over a week afterBoyce’s sudden deathat age 20.
In thevideo, Cameron struggled get through reading her handwritten note as she tearfully paid tribute to the late Disney Channel actor, who she referred to as an “earth angel.”
However, after going to therapy, Cameron said she felt ready to open up about the loss of her friend.
“I felt really weird about posting about Cameron on social media because I felt really emotional and private and intimate and social media is the opposite of that,” sheshared in the black-and-white video. “I just couldn’t quite reconcile the two or make them fit so I didn’t know what I was going to do.”
“I’ve decided that the only way to get through it right now is to be expressive and connective,” she continued, before revealing her open letter. “The last 72 hours have felt like two weeks, and I’ve spent them trying to make my thoughts and feelings into words and communicate about anything I’m feeling.”
The Disney Channel star went on to express her condolences to Boyce’s family.
While getting choked up, Cameron said to his parents and sister, “You are all I can think about. My heart aches for you, I’m broken for you. I have close to nothing left, which tells me some small percentage about how you must be feeling.”
“Cameron was one of my favorite people alive in the world. Though I know that’s not unique to me, Cameron was magic — an earth angel,” she said. “Over the last six years, since he was only 14, Cameron talked me down from countless ledges, talked me through eating disorders, helped me out of a dark relationship and through endless breakdowns.”
She also called her costar “undoubtedly the most talented person most of us will ever know” and recognized how he “was always good and kind,” “selfless and generous” and “an ultimate example of a human being.”
“What a gift you were; you turned the world on its head,” Cameron added. “We can all only hope to be half the human that you were and you deserved so much more time … I will spend the rest of my life missing and loving you, and I’m all the better for knowing you.”
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“It is with a profoundly heavy heart that we report that this morning we lost Cameron,” a family spokesperson said in a statement to PEOPLE.
“He passed away in his sleep due to a seizure which was a result of an ongoing medical condition for which he was being treated. The world is now undoubtedly without one of its brightest lights, but his spirit will live on through the kindness and compassion of all who knew and loved him,” the family spokesperson said. “We are utterly heartbroken and ask for privacy during this immensely difficult time as we grieve the loss of our precious son and brother.”
On Thursday, Disney Channel announced that theupcoming red carpet premiereofDescendants 3was canceled in the wake of Boyce’s death.
Cameron Boyce inDescendants.Bob D’Amico/Disney Channel
“And instead, The Walt Disney Company will make a donation to the Thirst Project, a philanthropic organization to which Cameron was deeply committed,” the statement continued.
“With permission from the Boyce family, Disney Channel will dedicate the telecast ofDescendants 3in Cameron Boyce’s memory,” the statement added.
source: people.com
