Patricia Heaton says her Everybody Loves Raymond family is reeling from the news that one of its youngest members took his own life Thursday.
"Sawyer Sweeten was a funny and exceptionally bright young man. He is gone from us far too soon," the actress tweeted. "The entire cast of #EverybodyLovesRaymond is in shock. Prayers for the Sweeten family."

Sawyer, his twin brother Sullivan and their older sister Madylin all appeared on the family sitcom from 1996 to 2005. The real-life siblings played the children of Heaton and Ray Romano's Long Island couple Debra and Ray Barone.

Madylin Sweeten issued a statement Thursday confirming the "terrible family tragedy" that her brother had committed suicide at the age of 19.
Source: UPI