Actor Cameron Boyce passes away at age 20

Published Jul 08, 2019 07:42pm
The Descendants star died on Saturday due to a seizure.
The Descendants star died on Saturday due to a seizure.

Actor Cameron Boyce, best known for his role as the teenage son of Cruella de Vil in the Disney Channel franchise Descendants, has died. He was 20 years old.

Boyce, who played Carlos de Vil in the Descendants movies, died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his spokesperson.

An official cause of death has not been announced, but his family released a statement Sunday saying Boyce “passed away in his sleep due to a seizure that was a result of an ongoing medical condition for which he was being treated."


According to his bio on the Disney Channel, Boyce was born and raised in Los Angeles. He was a dancer who got his acting start in commercials, then television and film. Boyce starred alongside Adam Sandler in Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2, and other film credits include Mirrors, Eagle Eye and the indie feature Runt. He also starred in the upcoming HBO series Mrs. Fletcher.

Descendants 3 is scheduled for release in August.


In 2017, he received a Daytime Emmy Award with Disney XD for his participation in the series Timeless Heroes_Be Inspired, in honor of Black History Month. He appeared alongside his grandmother Jo Ann Boyce, one of 12 black teens known as the Clinton 12 who were the first to integrate into public school in Clinton, Tennessee, according to his Disney Channel biography.


“He was an incredibly talented performer, a remarkably caring and thoughtful person and, above all else, he was a loving and dedicated son, brother, grandson and friend,” the statement said. “We offer our deepest condolences to his family, cast-mates and colleagues and join his many millions of fans in grieving his untimely passing. He will be dearly missed.”

Walt Disney Co. Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Iger tweeted Sunday: “The Walt Disney Company mourns the loss of #CameronBoyce, who was a friend to so many of us, and filled with so much talent, heart and life, and far too young to die. Our prayers go out to his family and his friends.”

Several of Boyce’s co-stars reacted to his death on social media Sunday.
