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“With heartfelt sorrow, we share the news of the passing of our beloved actor and friend,” she said.

“I’m friends with Chad because we’re both signed to the same management company,” Smith says over drinks during a recent visit to Los Angeles.

Shears went on to thank his family, friends, collaborators — and the show’s eponymous evangelist, whose life rights John and his husband, David Furnish, acquired 12 years ago.

Ms Riley's parents, roommates and other friends and family cried as the verdict was read, while Ibarra did not visibly react.

"She had this amazing gift of becoming friends very, very fast with people. And they all fell in love with her," she said.