Cameron Boyce’s parents had ‘no indication’ something was wrong before his death
Cameron Boyce‘s parents were with him just hours before his death from a seizure last month, and say he seemed just fine.
“The night he passed away, we were out to dinner with him just hours before,” the Disney Channel star’s father, Victor Boyce, told “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts in an interview set to air Thursday. “It was a completely normal, beautiful family night out to dinner.”
In July, the “Descendants” actor died in his sleep at the age of 20 after suffering an epilepsy-related seizure.
“There was no indication that anything was wrong,” Victor added of the night Cameron died. “I mean there was no way to know in hours my son would be dead. Like, it was just staggeringly crazy and horrible. And we were texting that night.”
Cameron’s parents confirmed after he died that he suffered from epilepsy, but told Roberts he didn’t want his diagnosis to get in the way of him living a normal life.
“It didn’t define him,” said Victor. “He wasn’t scared. He never complained about anything.”
In the interview, Cameron’s mom, Libby Boyce, said he had just started looking for ways to use his voice to effect positive change.
“He loved life. This is, for me, the hardest thing,” Libby said. “He was in a place where he was truly happy. I mean, Cameron was always happy. Never a negative thing came out of his mouth.”
She added, “He was really getting into the charity stuff, really getting into what he wanted to do with his voice, which is what we always told him to do. Use your voice. Use it to make positive in the world, and that’s what he was starting to do.”
His parents launched The Cameron Boyce Foundation, which will provide “young people artistic and creative outlets as alternatives to violence and negativity and uses resources and philanthropy for positive change in the world,” according to the organization’s website.
Libby described her son as the “bedrock of our family.” In addition to his parents, Cameron is survived by a sister, Maya.
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