Denise Richards has paid an emotional tribute to her friend and former co-star Patrick Muldoon, who died on April 19 at the age of 57. The actress took to Instagram on Tuesday to express her grief, describing Muldoon as her best friend and family.
Richards and Muldoon met in their first acting class when she was 19 and he was 21. They went on to appear together in Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 sci-fi satire ‘Starship Troopers’ and were set to co-star in the upcoming crime thriller ‘Dirty Hands’.
In her post, Richards wrote: “I am deeply heartbroken & devastated losing you. You were my best friend & my family. We met in our first acting class, I was 19, never had an acting job and you were 21, a student at USC doing a recurring role on ‘Who’s the Boss.’ And here we are. 36 years later. My whole adult life & I don’t know it without you.”
She added: “The friendship, love, support, respect & loyalty we had was unconditional and rare. You lit up every room you walked into. You are larger than life & everyone was drawn to you. So talented & most underrated actor. And most humble. Everything you did was infectious.”
According to TMZ, Muldoon died after suffering a heart attack at his home in Beverly Hills. He was best known for his role as Austin Reed on the daytime soap ‘Days of Our Lives’ from 1992 to 1995, and later starred on ‘Melrose Place’. He also worked as a producer through his company Storyboard Productions.
