Donald Faison and Zach Braff paid tribute to their late “Scrubs” co-star Sam Lloyd, who died on Thursday at age 56 after an extended battle with most cancers.
“Hey guys, It’s Zach and Donald right here. Now we have a little bit of unhealthy information,” Faison started their podcast, “Pretend Docs, Actual Mates” on Tuesday, earlier than telling their followers about Lloyd’s passing. “For me that is heartbreaking. Sam was a really, very wonderful individual.”
Braff, 45, added that Lloyd, who performed lawyer Ted Buckland on the sitcom, was “the nicest man I believe I’ve ever met. He was so candy and type and simply liked to snicker. He would come on and play that tremendous nerdy lawyer character, however we might all simply crack up so exhausting with Sam.”
Braff instructed listeners that he’d truly seen Lloyd within the final six months.
“He regarded nice, he regarded wonderful,” Braff mentioned, noting that he didn’t deliver up his most cancers battle as a result of he wasn’t certain if he needed to speak about it. “He simply regarded totally recovered.”
The pair praised Lloyd’s comedic expertise in addition to his musical expertise and his shocking expertise on the basketball court docket. Faison, 45, recalled how he would attempt to recruit Lloyd to be on his staff that performed on Sundays, however was shot down as a result of Lloyd refused to overlook a New England Patriots sport.
“He was an murderer on the court docket,” Faison remembered.
Lloyd was identified with lung most cancers that metastasized to his mind, liver, backbone, and jaw in January 2019, proper across the similar time his spouse Vanessa had given start to their son Weston.
Faison and Braff ended their tribute by encouraging folks to donate to his spouse and son’s GoFundMe web page, which has amassed over $180,000.
“We love you Sam,” Braff concluded. “I do know for certain that he made a distinction in lots of people’s lives as a result of all of us have to snicker and Sam made us snicker.”
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