"Last week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss," Cloud's family said in a statement cited by
The Associated Press
. "The only comfort we have is knowing Angus is now reunited with his dad, who was his best friend. Angus was open about his battle with mental health and we hope that his passing can be a reminder to others that they are not alone and should not fight this on their own in silence."
The ginger-haired Cloud quickly made the character of Fezco "Fez" O'Neill a fan favorite on
Euphoria
, playing the laconic drug dealer who wants his friend Rue Bennett (Zendaya) to stop using drugs, even as he copes with a raft of his own problems.
"Words are not enough to describe the infinite beauty that is Angus (Conor). I'm so grateful I got the chance to know him in this life, to call him a brother, to see his warm kind eyes and bright smile, or hear his infectious cackle of a laugh,"
Euphoria
star Zendaya
wrote on Instagram
.
"I know people use this expression often when talking about folks they love...'they could light up any room they entered' but boy let me tell you, he was the best at it. I'd like to remember him that way. For all of the boundless light, love and joy he always managed to give us. I'll cherish every moment."
"He was kind and gracious and so unique. You couldn't take your eyes off him, on film or on set," fellow
Euphoria
cast member Paula Marshall said in a statement to
People
magazine
.
Javon "Wanna" Walton, who played Ashtray, Fez's little brother on
Euphoria
,
posted a photo
of the two of them hugging, with the tag line, "rest easy brother."
Storm Reid, who plays Rue's younger sister Gia, shared a video clip from
Euphoria
of Cloud's Fez
getting emotional
as the song "Stand by Me" plays.
"The tears just won't stop," Reid wrote
on her Instagram Story
.
Cloud shot from obscurity to fame
Cloud came to his most famous role after a casting director spotted him in New York City. He said he was initially dubious at the idea of being "discovered," suspecting some type of scam. But when Cloud realized what kind of role the show's producers had in mind for him, things started to make more sense.
"Because in my mind I was like,
they stopped me because I look like I could be a star?"
he said in an interview with
i-D
. "Then I'm like, no, it's because I look like I could be a drug dealer."
After his success made him recognizable in public, Cloud talked about how his own personality and experiences are vastly different from Fez's. But his fans might be forgiven for thinking they both share the same low-key cool.
After all, who else could cause a stir by popping up at a show at New York Fashion Week, sitting in the front row next to Megan Thee Stallion — and contentedly munching on a bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos?
"I didn't know that that was something that anyone would think twice about," Cloud told i-D, after a massive fan reaction. "I was just having a snack at the show."
But as
video of the event showed
, Cloud was also thoughtful: When he proffered his snack to his seatmates, they dug right in.
Then there was the
TikTok video of Cloud waiting tables
during brunch in Brooklyn, shortly before getting his big break. The short clip, in which Cloud calmly retrieves used plates while women dance behind him, went viral.
When Cloud was
asked about the clip
at Vanity Fair's Oscars party, he was predictably unfazed.
"I was a lot of people's ... bus boy, waiter, server, you know what I mean, in all shapes and forms," he said. Asked what that earlier version of himself might say if he could see himself now, he replied with a laugh, "Damn, what you doing over there, man? That's wild. Where'd you get that suit at?"
After his breakout success on one of HBO's most-watched shows, Cloud, who attended the Oakland School for the Arts in California, found roles in movies, from 2021's
North Hollywood
to this year's
The Line
. Other projects include
Your Lucky Day
and
Freaky Tales
— a film set in Oakland and starring Pedro Pascal.
In a statement about Cloud's passing, HBO
shared condolences
with his friends and family.
"He was immensely talented and a beloved part of the HBO and Euphoria family," the company said.
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