Former child star Jeffrey Louis Starr died at the age of 61 on July 25 while ‘surrounded by loved ones.’
The late actor – who is known for appearing in the Bad News Bears sequels – passed away inside a hospital in Carbondale, Illinois, TMZ reported on Saturday.
Family sources confirmed Jeffrey’s death to the outlet and stated that he had been battling an illness leading up to his passing last month.
The star’s brother Kevin also shared a heartbreaking post on Facebook just one day after his passing and revealed that he had been ‘sick for several years.’
‘The world got a little darker yesterday with the passing of my Best Friend and Brother,’ Kevin wrote.
‘Jeff lived an amazing life and shared his life with countless people, Jeff never met a stranger and helped so many people throughout the years.’
Former child star Jeffrey Louis Starr has died at the age of 61 on July 25 while ‘surrounded by loved ones’
The late actor – who is known for appearing in the Bad News Bears sequels – passed away inside a hospital in Carbondale, Illinois, TMZ reported on Saturday; seen above (middle top) in The Bad News Bears Go To Japan (1978)
Kevin then expressed that his late brother had been ill ‘for several years’ and added that ‘depression is one of the biggest killers in the world.’
However, the actor’s official cause of the death has not been disclosed.
‘Our family has suffered so many losses in the past but we must push through,’ he continued in the post, before asking others close to the actor to keep his family ‘in their prayers.’
Kevin concluded by adding, ‘I Love you so much little Brother and I’ll see you on the other side.’
Jeffrey passed away on July 25 at Memorial Hospital in the city of Carbondale in the state of Illinois, per a public obit shared by Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Homes.
He was born on February 20, 1964 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and later married Linda Darlene Webb in 1981 – with the pair celebrating their 44th wedding anniversary a few months earlier in June.