One Tree Hill actor Paul Teal dead at 35 as co-star Bethany Joy Lenz pays tribute

One Tree Hill histrion Paul Teal has died aged 35.

Teal - who played movie prima Josh successful play 7 of the WB bid successful 2009, died November 15 aft a wellness battle, his fiancee Emilia Torello confirmed successful an Instagram post.

She wrote: 'The astir thoughtful, inspiring, driven, self-disciplined, loving antheral passed distant connected Friday, November 15, 2024.

'Paul, you were my soulmate, my soon-to-be-husband, my rock, and my future. You filled my lungs with laughter, my tummy with butterflies, and my bosom with love. You were taken excessively soon, successful a conflict that you fought bravely without fail.

'While a portion of maine died with you, I committedness to combat to find joyousness successful beingness arsenic hard arsenic you fought to unrecorded each azygous day. 

'The satellite is fortunate to person adjacent had a infinitesimal with Paul Teal, and I americium the luckiest idiosyncratic successful it, due to the fact that I got to telephone you mine. I volition emotion you forever.'

His erstwhile co-star Bethany Joy Lenz - who played Haley James Scott connected the amusement - posted a tribute connected November 17 saying she is 'gutted' by the loss.

She wrote: 'My bosom is heavy. Paul Teal was the benignant of feline who lit up a country without trying. His agleam smile, infectious laughter and benignant bosom made you privation to beryllium adjacent him.

'I worked intimately with Paul for months erstwhile helium played Noah successful my and @ronaniello philharmonic accumulation of The Notebook successful 2006. He was shy and comic and truthful so comfy connected stage. Wow. Like his 2nd skin. You couldn’t instrumentality your eyes disconnected him. 

'Later, I was giddy to beryllium directing an occurrence of One Tree Hill wherever I’d get to formed a caller recurring character, Josh- the sleazy movie star. With his self-effacing consciousness of wit and willingness to dive afloat into immoderate character, Paul was cleanable for the part. He was a joyousness to enactment with successful immoderate situation and truthful generous.

'We stayed successful interaction connected and off. I privation it had been more. I privation I’d called each those times I meant to but got distracted. Life is short. I support reasoning that this week. Life is short.

'Here is simply a video of the fewer photos I person connected my hard thrust of Paul arsenic the iconic Noah Calhoun successful our small achromatic container production. And the opus is ‘Sunday Train’, Noah’s large solo, which we recorded that twelvemonth with Paul singing.

'Now astatine 35, he’s taken different train. He was excessively young to die. Far excessively young. I’m gutted.

'Paul, your clip present was similar a summertime romance for each of america who knew you, particularly if lone for a season. Bursting, exciting, profoundly moving, and unforgettable.

@nicholassparks wrote this successful The Notebook novel:

“Summer romances extremity for each kinds of reasons. When each is said and done, they person 1 happening successful common- they are shooting stars. A spectacular flash of airy successful the heavens. A glimpse of eternity. And successful a flash… they’re gone.”

'I’ll miss you, Paul. Thank you for sharing your airy with us. @paulteal.'