Adam Sandler shares emotional tribute after Grown Ups co-star Alec Musser dies
Adam Sandler has shared a heartbreaking tribute in memory of his Grown Ups co-star Alec Musser, who has sadly passed away at the age of 50.
The actor - who was known for his roles in All My Children and Desperate Housewives - also worked as a former Abercrombie & Fitch model, according to his Instagram.
Taking to the platform, Musser's fiancée Paige Press confirmed the star's passing on Instagram stories, writing: "RIP to the love of my life. I will never stop loving you. My heart is broken.
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"Today is the worst day of my life. We were so happy. You were the best fiancée I could of ever asked for."
A cause of death has not yet been revealed.
His Grown Ups co-star Sandler has since shared an emotional tribute, which read: "I loved this guy. Cannot believe he is gone.
"Such a wonderful, funny good man. Thinking of Alec Musser and his family and sending all my love.
"A true great sweetheart of a person."
Fans of the film took to the comments section to quote his famous lines, as one wrote: "NOOOO THE SASKATCHEWAN GUY."
"'Ay what’s up ladies' :(," another wrote, whilst a third added: "NO I THINK ABOUT THIS MANS LIKE THREE TIMES A WEEK."
"Tribute to a guy in a movie for 10 seconds. Damn it Adam Sandler is a great guy," a fourth commented.
This comes after the death of late Disney star Cameron Boyce, who played one of Sandler's children in Grown Ups.
The 20-year-old was found unconscious at his home in North Hollywood on 6 July, 2019.
His family said at the time that he had suffered a seizure as a result of 'an ongoing medical condition', before confirming days later that he had epilepsy.
Parents Libby and Victor were unaware that the condition could cause fatal seizures, known as Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP).
Libby told The Independent in 2021: "It is the number one neurological disease and we don't talk about it. People, for some reason, don't feel free to discuss their diagnosis. There's just not enough awareness and there's not enough education for those people who are newly diagnosed.
"One in 26 people have epilepsy. Everybody knows somebody who has epilepsy, yet we never talked about it."
Victor said: "It's stigmatised. It's similar to gay people being closeted. It's similar to people with mental health issues, [and people] try to hide it because you get stigmatised and you get marginalised.
"One of the things we're going to do is to destigmatise it, to bring it into the mainstream, to get it out from under the carpet, and shine a light on it.
"Let's talk about it, because people with epilepsy need information. They need to to know what to do if they have a seizure.
"We're trying to arm people with information and put them in touch with the right kind of healthcare providers, and the right kind of hospitals."
Topics: Celebrity, Adam Sandler
Anish Vij