Paul Teal's cause of death revealed as One Tree Hill star dies aged 35

TV prima Paul Teal - who played the recurring quality Josh connected smash deed teen play One Tree Hill - had battled a signifier of crab earlier his tragic decease was announced

One Tree Hill prima Paul Teal endured a concealed crab conflict earlier his daze decease was announced.

On Monday, the actor's partner, Emilia Torello, shared the bittersweet quality that he had passed distant astatine the property of 35 successful an affectional statement. Paul's One Tree Hill co-star Bethany Joy Lenz, 43, was among the archetypal to stock a tribute to the actor, arsenic she shared her daze implicit his abrupt passing.

Hours aft the quality of his decease made headlines astir the world, details of Paul's wellness battles emerged arsenic it was revealed helium had battled pancreatic crab earlier his death. The histrion had been diagnosed with signifier 4 crab 7 months earlier and passed distant successful a infirmary successful Raleigh, North Carolina, past Friday.

Paul appeared successful 7 episodes of One Tree Hill successful 2010 and went connected to diagnostic successful different TV shows and movies including the reboot of Dynasty, and the Netflix bid Outer Banks and movie Fear Street. Work kept the histrion focused amid his wellness battle, with his spouse sharing however helium bravely confronted his wellness issues.

TMZ reports Emilia telling them: "He was the astir talented antheral I’ve ever met. When helium acceptable his caput to something, determination was nary stopping him. He was the astir diligent and dedicated person. I genuinely believed with each of my bosom that helium would travel retired the different broadside of this due to the fact that of those traits. That’s what makes this nonaccomplishment adjacent much tragic."

She added that Paul filmed a marque caller bid for Starz, "The Hunting Wives," and she says helium felt being astir the formed and unit helped him support the combat going. While the outlet besides confirmed the prima was diagnosed backmost successful April with signifier 4 neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer.

In a anterior connection Emilia 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."

Adding her tribute, Bethany - Haley James Scott connected The WB / The CW tv play from 2003 until 2012 - wrote: "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."

She went connected to type: "[I] worked intimately with Paul for months erstwhile helium played Noah successful my and [Ron Aniello's] 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." And aft their One Tree Hill experience, Lenz said she and Teal "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."

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