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Cody Longo, greatest identified for his roles on Days of Our Lives and Hollywood Heights, has died. He was 34.
In a press release to PEOPLE, Longo’s spouse Stephanie paid tribute to the late actor following his loss of life.
“Cody was our entire world. The children and I are shattered and past devastated,” she shared of the couple’s three younger kids. “He was the perfect dad and greatest father. We’ll all the time and endlessly miss you and love you.”
Longo’s supervisor Alex Gittelson additionally remembered his “pricey buddy for over a decade.”
“My coronary heart breaks for his lovely household,” he stated of Longo. “He had taken a while away from performing to pursue music and spend extra time together with his household in Nashville, however we had stored in contact frequently 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 might be significantly missed.”
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A member of the family advised 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 keeping with Clarksville Now.
The actor was arrested in January 2020 and charged with a category 4 felony, intercourse assault on a toddler, in keeping with courtroom data 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 advised police he shoved her within the face together with his forearm, in keeping with a police report obtained by the outlet.
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At time of Longo’s November arrest, his lawyer Iris Eytan launched a press release relating to the intercourse assault on a toddler cost, sharing partly, “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, further proof utterly exonerates him,” per Clarksville Now.
Eytan added: “This proof consists of opinions by a really skilled and licensed polygrapher, and a psychologist. These specialists 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 kids.
