A lightning strike killed Bevin Prince's husband, William Friend

It is a tragedy. William Friend, the husband of One

Tree Hill star Bevin Prince, passed away on Sunday, July 3

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William Friend was 33 years old.

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WECT News reports that a friend died unexpectedly near his

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home in Wilmington, North Carolina. A lightning strike struck the

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CEO while he was on a boat near Masonboro Island.

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Despite emergency responders' efforts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead in the ambulance

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He was remembered by friend Odette Annable in a touching tribute after his death.

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The 37-year-old Supergirl actress wrote, "We have to bid farewell

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to another friend, @britwilliam, the beloved husband of my best

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riend @bevinaprince, on Wednesday, July 6. "Will, it feels surreal

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to write this. Mostly because you were just getting started

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Your life and love for my best friend made it

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okay that we were thousands of miles apart."

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She stated that the William Friend "adored her with all his heart,

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