EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND Star Sawyer Sweeten Dies at 19 by Apparent Suicide

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND star Sawyer Sweeten has died by possible suicide, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The 19-year-old is believed to have shot himself on his family's front porch on Thursday.

"This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred," the family said in a statement. "We are devastated to report that our beloved brother, son, and friend, Sawyer Sweeten, took his own life. He was weeks away from his 20th birthday. At this sensitive time, our family requests privacy and we beg of you to reach out to the ones you love."

Sweeten played Ray Romano's on-screen son Geoffrey Barone on EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND opposite his real-life twin brother Sullivan. His older sister Madylin also appeared on the show as the Barone family's eldest child, Ally.

"At this time I would like to encourage everyone to reach out to the ones you love," Madylin Sweeten wrote on her Facebook page Thursday. "Let them have no doubt of what they mean to you."

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND creator Phil Rosenthal also spoke to Deadline about Sweeten's death, stating, "We knew and loved Sawyer as a little boy. He and his real life siblings Sullivan and Madylin were such a charming, integral part of our TV family. They never failed to make us laugh, or remind of us how we feel about our own children.We are terribly sad to hear this news and our hearts go out to Sawyer's family."

The Sweeten twins first appeared on the comedy series when they were sixteen months old. EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND ran from 1996 to 2005.

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