- #ACTOR COMMITTED SUICIDE FROM RISOLLI AND ILSES MOVIE#
- #ACTOR COMMITTED SUICIDE FROM RISOLLI AND ILSES SERIES#
Lee will be cherished and remembered by all who knew and loved him, both on- and offscreen, for his positive energy, infectious smile and soulful grace. We are beyond heartbroken at the loss of this sweet, gentle, good-hearted, intelligent man. “Everyone at ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ is devastated by the news of the passing of Lee Thompson Young. We ask that you please respect the privacy of his family and friends at this very difficult time.” Jonathan Baruch, Young’s manager said in a statement, “It is with great sadness that I announce that Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life this morning, Lee was more than just a brilliant young actor, he was a wonderful and gentle soul who will be truly missed. Young was found by local police and his landlord after his co-stars requested someone check in on him after he failed to make the day’s call time on set. Lee Thompson Young, who played Detective Barry Frost on TNT’s “ Rizzoli & Isles” (he was Rizzoli’s partner), was found dead in his home after he apparently committed suicide. Young's family launched the Lee Thompson Young Foundation in an effort to help remove the stigma surrounding mental illness.It’s another sad day in Hollywood.
Young had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, for which he had been taking medication, and had been suffering from depression before his death.Īfter funeral services at Inglewood Park Cemetery, Young was interred at Lakeview Memorial Garden, York, South Carolina. A three-hour memorial service was held on the Paramount Studios lot. Police confirmed cause of death was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His manager confirmed the actor took his own life. Police were called to do a well-being check on him at his Los Angeles apartment, where he was found dead. On August 19, 2013, Young failed to show up for filming an episode of Rizzoli & Isles. Young enjoyed writing and wrote the screenplay for the 2007 short film Mano. Young graduated with Honors from the University of Southern California, where he majored in Cinematic Arts and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. His last acting role was playing Barry Frost, partner of Jane Rizzoli ( Angie Harmon) on the TNT drama Rizzoli & Isles, and he made an appearance on the Fox drama The Good Guys as the brother and business partner of an arms dealer.
He was written off the show in episode 7, when his character committed suicide to prevent the death of an innocent civilian. Young played the role of Al Gough, an FBI agent, in the ABC television drama FlashForward. The character becomes involved in a romance with one of the medical interns. It is revealed that his character was an overweight child. In 2009, Young played a cocky surgical intern in the hit comedy show Scrubs. He played National Guard rookie, Delmar, in The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007). Young appeared in the feature film Akeelah and the Bee (2006), playing Akeelah's brother Devon.
#ACTOR COMMITTED SUICIDE FROM RISOLLI AND ILSES SERIES#
Lee appeared on UPN's TV drama series South Beach, and he portrayed Victor Stone (known in DC Comics as Cyborg) in a fifth season episode of the television series Smallville, in 2006 which character he reprised in the Season Six episode "Justice" (airdate January 18, 2007), and again in the Season Nine finale "Salvation" (airdate May 14, 2010).
#ACTOR COMMITTED SUICIDE FROM RISOLLI AND ILSES MOVIE#
He also had a part in the movie Friday Night Lights (2004), portraying Chris Comer, and a part in the Jamie Foxx movie Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004). The movie was successful, but he did not reprise the role in the sequel, Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board (2007).Īfter the cancellation of The Famous Jett Jackson, Young had guest spots in the CBS series The Guardian. Young also starred in Johnny Tsunami (1999), another Disney Channel Original Movie, as Sam Sterling. He filmed the pilot and found out in June 1998 from the Disney Channel that the show had been picked up it later went on to become a Disney Channel Original Movie in June 2001. Young moved to New York City in June 1996, but it was not until the next year that he auditioned for the part of Jett Jackson in The Famous Jett Jackson. At age ten, he portrayed Martin Luther King in a play called A Night of Stars and Dreams by Dwight Woods, and the Phillis Wheatley Repertory Theater of Greenville, South Carolina. It was then that Young decided he wanted to become an actor. Young was born in Columbia, South Carolina, the son of Velma (née Love) and Tommy Scott Young. He was in the second grade when his parents' marriage ended, and he went to live with his mother.
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