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  • ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Star Sawyer Sweeten, 19, Commits Suicide–Patricia Heaton, Ray Romano Mourn

    Everybody Loves Raymond star Sawyer Sweeten died of suicide on Thursday. Known for his role as Geoffrey Barone, his TV parents–Patricia Heaton and Ray Romano–join his real family in mourning this tragic loss.

    “I’m shocked and terribly saddened by the news about Sawyer,” Ray Romano said in a statement to People magazine. “He was a wonderful and sweet kid to be around. Just a great energy whenever he was there. My heart breaks for him, his family and his friends during this very difficult time.”

    “Sawyer was a funny and exceptionally bright young man. He is gone from us far too soon,” Patricia Heaton said. “The loss the Sweeten family is experiencing is unimaginable. Tonight hug your children a little tighter and please keep Sawyer and his family in your thoughts and prayers.”

    Everybody Loves Raymond starred three members of the Sweeten family. In addition to Sawyer Sweeten as Geoffrey Barone, real-life twin brother Sullivan Sweeten played his twin brother Michael, and big sister Madylin Sweeten played sister Ally Barone. The twins were just 16 months old when they first appeared on Everybody Loves Raymond.

    Madylin Sweeten issued a statement to People magazine regarding her brother’s tragic passing.

    “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,” she said.

    Doris Roberts played Marie Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond. She shared her heartache over the loss of her on-screen grandson via Facebook.

    It is with great sadness that I learned the news that Sawyer Sweeten, who played my grandson Geoffrey Barone on '…

    Posted by Doris Roberts on Thursday, April 23, 2015

    Patricia Heaton also shared her grief via Twitter.

    The entire cast of Everybody Loves Raymond is mourning the untimely death of 19-year-old Sawyer Sweeten. Certainly no one is mourning more than his own family, however.

    Word hasn’t yet hit the media regarding services for Sawyer Sweeten.

  • Patricia Heaton On Untimely Death of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Son Sawyer Sweeten

    Patricia Heaton (as her character Debra Barone) had a daughter and two sons on the hit TV show Everybody Loves Raymond. Now one of those sons has died. Sawyer Sweeten, who played the role of Geoffrey Barone, on the show that starred Heaton and Ray Romano, took his life Thursday at the age of 19. Sawyer Sweeten’s twin brother, Sullivan, and their sister, Madylin Sweeten, played Ray and Debra Barone’s other kinds–Michael and Ally Barone.

    Sawyer Sweeten was just 18 months old when he first played Patricia Heaton and Ray Romano’s on-screen son.

    Heaton took to Twitter on Friday to mourn his passing.

    Madylin Sweeten released a statement confirming her brother’s death.

    “This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred,” she said. “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.”

    Surely Sawyer Sweeten’s family is grief-stricken over this senseless tragedy, but his Everybody Loves Raymond family is definitely mourning him, too. In addition to Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts–who played Ray’s mother Marie Barone–shared her grief via social media.

    It is with great sadness that I learned the news that Sawyer Sweeten, who played my grandson Geoffrey Barone on '…

    Posted by Doris Roberts on Thursday, April 23, 2015

    It will no doubt take Patricia Heaton, Ray Romano, and the rest of the Everybody Loves Raymond family a long time to process the suicide of Sawyer Sweeten. It’s tragic enough when a young person loses his life. When it happens at his own hand, it is almost impossible to understand.

  • Patricia Heaton, Cast Of “Everybody Loves Raymond” Mourn Loss Of Sawyer Sweeten

    Patricia Heaton and the rest of the cast of Everybody Loves Raymond are still reeling from the sudden loss of Sawyer Sweeten, who took his own life on Thursday.

    He reportedly shot himself while at his family’s Texas home.

    A source close to the incident reported, “Sawyer was visiting family in Texas. He went on the front porch and killed himself with a gunshot to his head.”

    The source added, “Sawyer’s entire family is absolutely devastated by this tragedy.”

    Sawyer Sweeten was one of a set of twins on the show, Geoffrey Barone. His brother played Michael Barone. The Sweeten twins’ real-life older sister, Madylin, played their sister on the show, Ally.

    Madylin was the first to tell the world of the terrible tragedy, saying, “This morning a terrible family tragedy has occurred. 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.”

    Patricia Heaton played Debra Barone, mother to the three kids and real-life friend.

    Patricia Heaton shared her sadness via Twitter.

    Patricia Heaton wasn’t the only one to take to Twitter and mourn the loss of yet another child star.

    Details as to what led to his suicide will likely be emerging in the coming days. Were you a fan of the show?