Sawyer Sweeten, a former child actor who portrayed Ray Romano’s son on Everybody Loves Raymond, died Thursday in an apparent suicide. He was 19.
“This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred,” Sweeten’s sister reportedly 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.”
Most stories reporting Sweeten’s death cite the website Radar Online, which apparently broke the sad story:
A source very close to the situation tells Radar, “Sawyer was visiting family in Texas. He went on the front porch and killed himself with a gunshot to his head.”
The source tells Radar, “Sawyer’s entire family is absolutely devastated by this tragedy.”
Sweeten grew up in front of an audience as a child actor on Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran from 1996-2005. According to Variety, Sweeten and his twin brother Sullivan started acting on the show when they were just 16 months old and appeared in 139 episodes.
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