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One Tree Hill's Paul Teal Dead astatine 35: Bethany Joy Lenz Pays Tribute
More members of the One Tree Hill household are sharing their grief implicit Paul Teal’s death.
After Paul’s spouse Emilia Torello confirmed Nov. 18 that the 35-year-old had died pursuing a wellness battle, tributes to the precocious actor—who had a seven-episode tally arsenic a movie prima named Josh successful the show’s seventh season—began to determination in.
“Sending emotion and prayers to @paulteal household and friends,” Jana Kramer, who played Paul’s onscreen woman Alex during his quality connected the CW show, wrote successful a Nov. 18 Instagram Story. “I had the implicit pleasance moving with him connected play 7 of OTH. He was ever truthful benignant and was truthful amusive to enactment alongside.”
The Whine Down podcast big besides called connected the One Tree Hill family to measurement up during this hard time, adding, “Wrap his household and friends successful prayers please.”
Fellow alum Sophia Bush—who hosts the One Tree Hill rewatch podcast Drama Queens with erstwhile costars Hilarie Burton Morgan and Bethany Joy Lenz—also shared her condolences to societal media.
“Incredibly saddened to perceive astir the passing of Paul Teal,” Sophia wrote successful the Nov. 18 Instagram Story. “We are conscionable starting to ticker his OTH episodes connected @dramaqueensoth and he’s specified a talent.”
For her part, Bethany—who shared she met Paul successful 2006 during a signifier accumulation of The Notebook—paid tribute to her person arsenic well, remembering the enactment they did unneurotic erstwhile she directed an occurrence of the series.
Jana Kramer / Instagram
“Paul Teal was the benignant of feline who lit up a country without trying,” she wrote successful a Nov. 17 Instagram post. “His agleam smile, infectious laughter and benignant bosom made you privation to beryllium adjacent him.”
“He was shy and comic and truthful so comfy connected stage,” she continued. “Like his 2nd skin. You couldn’t instrumentality your eyes disconnected him. Later, I was giddy to beryllium directing an occurrence of One Tree Hill wherever I’d get to formed a caller recurring character, Josh—the sleazy movie star. With his self-effacing consciousness of wit and willingness to dive afloat into immoderate character, Paul was cleanable for the part.”
Keep speechmaking for a look astatine Paul's sweetest moments with his spouse Emilia...
Instagram/Emilia Torello
A Beautiful Beginning
Emilia Torello debuted her narration with Paul Teal successful 2022, penning nether a representation of their Halloween costumes, "You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see."
Instagram/Emilia Torello
A Picture-Perfect Moment
Over the years, Emilia chronicled her travels astir the satellite with Paul, including a November 2023 travel to Paris.
Instagram/Emilia Torello
In the City of Love
Emilia wrote of the trip, "Nearly 200,000 steps and 20 cappuccinos later…"
Instagram/Emilia Torello
Nothing But Smiles
The mates celebrated the Christmas play with coordinating oufits and a lukewarm beverage.
Instagram/Emilia Torello
It's Fantastic
The One Tree Hill alum and Emilia commemorated the merchandise of Barbie with a saccharine day nighttime successful the summertime of 2023.
Instagram/Emilia Torello
A Home Run
Emilia gave a look wrong her and Paul's July solemnisation for his 35th day successful an adorable three-part Instagram series—part 1 of which included a travel to the batting cages.
Instagram/Emilia Torello
Love successful the Great Outdoors
Part 2 of Paul's 35th day solemnisation progressive an August getaway successful the woods.
Instagram/Emilia Torello
Better Together
Emilia called the vacation, arsenic she captioned her 3rd day tribute to Paul, "Our play surviving successful the trees."
Instagram/Emilia Torello
A Heartbreaking Goodbye
On Nov. 17, Emiliar shared the tragic quality that Paul had passed away.
"Paul, you were my soulmate, my soon-to-be-husband, my rock, and my future," she wrote. "You filled my lungs with laughter, my tummy with butterflies, and my bosom with love. You were taken excessively soon, successful a conflict that you fought bravely without fail."
She continued, "The satellite is fortunate to person adjacent had a infinitesimal with Paul Teal, and I americium the luckiest idiosyncratic successful it, due to the fact that I got to telephone you mine. I volition emotion you forever."
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