Angus Cloud, the actor greatest identified for portraying Fezco, a lovable drug vendor on the HBO tv present “Euphoria,” died on Monday at his household dwelling in Oakland, Calif. He was 25.
The demise was confirmed by Cait Bailey, Mr. Cloud’s consultant. An announcement by his household didn’t specify a trigger however mentioned that Mr. Cloud had “intensely struggled” after the current demise of his father, Conor Hickey, whom the household buried final week.
“The one consolation we’ve is realizing Angus is now reunited together with his dad, who was his greatest good friend,” the household mentioned. “Angus was open about his battle with psychological well being and we hope that his passing could be a reminder to others that they don’t seem to be alone and mustn’t combat this on their very own in silence.”
Conor Angus Cloud Hickey was born on July 10, 1998, in Oakland, and attended the Oakland Faculty for the Arts, in line with a 2019 profile in The Wall Road Journal. He constructed units and labored on lighting and sound for his highschool’s theater division however had by no means carried out earlier than profitable his function on “Euphoria.”
Mr. Cloud was found in Manhattan in 2018 by a casting agent who noticed him strolling alongside Mercer Road in Greenwich Village. Mr. Cloud was working as a waiter in Brooklyn on the time and thought that the strategy was a rip-off, however a good friend persuaded him to observe by means of.
“Earlier than this, I didn’t have any need to behave,” he mentioned in an interview with The New York Occasions final yr. “I suppose I used to be simply on the proper place on the proper time.”
“Euphoria,” which was created by Sam Levinson based mostly on an Israeli mini-series by the identical title, revolves round high-school college students navigating love, intercourse, medicine and identification conflicts. It premiered on HBO in June 2019.
Mr. Cloud grew to become an viewers favourite, persuading the present’s creator to maintain his character alive past his deliberate demise in Season 1, in line with a casting agent. Mr. Cloud continued taking part in Fezco by means of Season 2. (A 3rd season is to be launched in 2025.)
He additionally carried out within the thriller “Your Lucky Day” and an untitled Universal Pictures project, each of which have but to be launched.
Survivors embrace his mom, Lisa Cloud Hickey, and his two sisters, Molly and Fiona Hickey.
