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One Tree Hill Star's Husband Killed by Lightning Strike
Bevin Prince is getting candid astir her precocious husband's last moments.
Five months after William Friend died aft being struck by lightning, the One Tree Hill alum shared details about the fatal accident, explaining why she feels determination was a bigger powerfulness astatine play that day.
"Right earlier it deed him, helium lit a cigar and helium looked astatine my begetter and helium said, 'If we get struck by lightning, Mike, this is wherever I wanna be.' And past it happened," Bevin recalled on Good Morning America Dec. 8. "I judge it was truly his time."
She added that, to her, determination was a "divinity" to the timing of his passing.
"He was 33 years old. It was July 3 and I judge the nonstop clip that the lightning struck was 3:13 p.m.," she continued. "So knowing that each the resources were determination to perchance prevention him, I person to judge that thing bigger beyond maine was calling him."
Bevin shared that pursuing William's death, her friends—including erstwhile OTH co-stars Hilarie Burton and Lee Norris—dropped everything to beryllium by her side.
"It's unthinkable and it's unfortunate and fortunate that successful this concern it takes a calamity to beryllium capable to spot however radical rally and enactment and emotion you," she explained. "And I'm incredibly fortunate successful this situation."
But arsenic she continues to grieve the nonaccomplishment of William—whom she joined successful 2016—she expressed gratitude astatine the clip they had together.
"I'm conscionable truthful proud. I'm truthful arrogant that I got to bash beingness with him," Bevin noted. "He was 1 of the funniest radical I've ever met successful my life, by far. He lit up each azygous country helium came into. You ne'er forgot erstwhile you met Will Friend."
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