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Cody Longo, finest recognized for his roles on Days of Our Lives and Hollywood Heights, has died. He was 34.
In an announcement to PEOPLE, Longo’s spouse Stephanie paid tribute to the late actor following his demise.
“Cody was our entire world. The children and I are shattered and past devastated,” she shared of the couple’s three younger youngsters. “He was the perfect dad and finest father. We’ll at all times and without end miss you and love you.”
Longo’s supervisor Alex Gittelson additionally remembered his “expensive pal for over a decade.”
“My coronary heart breaks for his stunning household,” he mentioned of Longo. “He had taken a while away from performing to pursue music and spend extra time along with his household in Nashville, however we had saved in contact usually and he was excited to get again into performing this 12 months.”
Gittelson added: “Cody was such a loyal, loving and proficient particular person and he shall be significantly missed.”
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A member of the family instructed TMZ that Longo’s physique was discovered by authorities in mattress at a residence in Austin, Texas, after Stephanie was unable to succeed in him.
The Austin Police Division didn’t instantly return PEOPLE’s request for remark.
Longo performed Nicholas Alamain — the son of Carly Manning (Crystal Chappell) — on Days of Our Lives for eight episodes in 2011. He additionally appeared on Hollywood Heights, Make It or Break It and Nashville.
Along with performing, Longo launched singles “She Mentioned” and “Electrical.”
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In January 2021, Longo pleaded responsible to a misdemeanor assault cost in Colorado referring to a 2019 incident with a 9-year-old woman, in accordance with Clarksville Now.
The actor was arrested in January 2020 and charged with a category 4 felony, intercourse assault on a baby, in accordance with court docket information obtained by the outlet. (The felony prices had been dropped following the plea.)
He was additionally arrested in November 2020 on a home assault cost after his spouse instructed police he shoved her within the face along with his forearm, in accordance with a police report obtained by the outlet.
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At time of Longo’s November arrest, his lawyer Iris Eytan launched an announcement concerning the intercourse assault on a baby cost, sharing partially, “Overwhelming proof unequivocally disproves and refutes the allegations within the affidavit. Apart from the proof of innocence revealed within the precise, not summarized, interviews within the affidavit, extra proof utterly exonerates him,” per Clarksville Now.
Eytan added: “This proof contains opinions by a really skilled and licensed polygrapher, and a psychologist. These consultants decided that Cody Longo was truthful when he denied the claims within the affidavit, and that he’s not a threat to minors, and the accusations are unfounded.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Eytan for remark, however didn’t instantly hear again.
Longo is survived by his spouse and three youngsters.
