Posted on 04/23/2015 7:54:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Sawyer Sweeten, an actor best known for his role as one of the young twins on hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, died of a suicide on Thursday, his manager Dino May confirmed. He was 19.
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According to Radar Online, which first reported the news, he was visiting family in Texas, where he is believed to have shot himself on the front porch.
Sweeten played Geoffrey Baron on Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran from 1996-2005 on CBS. He acted alongside his twin brother, Sullivan, and their sister Madylin, who played Ally Baron, for 139 episodes. The two brothers were only 16 months old when they first started on the show.
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Sawyer Sweeten was born in Brownwood, Texas. As a child, he and his brother shared roles in the 2002 film Frank McKlusky, C.I. and a 2000 episode of Disney Channel series Even Stevens.
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Lord have mercy!
How awful. They were so cute on the show. Only 19, so much to live for.....RIP Sawyer.
Sad. RIP.
I just read this elsewhere. Horrible thing. And with the family nearby. I’d forgotten that “Allie” was his actual sister.
They were both a little odd. Nothing like spitting in the good Lord’s face after being provided everything anyone could every want. Glory. Money. Fame. Happiness of fans.
Some people would kill for a life like that. What a waste.
So sad. I just can’t imagine doing it at his family’s home, too. What a shame for everyone involved.
Everytime I see a child actor, I think of what a den of vipers Hollywood is, and what may have happened to them. Corey Feldman basically said Hollywood is full of pedophiles.
This is what early show business does to MOST children.
Look it up.
You would have thought Patricia Heaton would have ensured that the kids were safe and didn’t have anyone trying to diddle the boys, but I guess you never know.
Two blond boys in Hollywood.
Remember what happened to Corey Haim and Corey Feldman.
Maybe the life this guy had was nothing in the same universe as what you imagine.
Hollywood is full of ugliness. Children are targets of some of the filth that inhabit the Hollywood culture. I would not doubt as a child this young man very well might have been touched by some of that filth, and just couldn’t live with it.
Sad news. We love the Raymond show.
I know a woman who lost her twin a few years ago. It has to be one of the most devastating things that can happen.
Hollyweird is child abuse, I wonder what drove him to this?
bump
Suicide is awful. Had a dear friend take his life on his birthday. It is something we living can never understand.
Bingo.
Awful RIP
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