'One Tree Hill' Actor Dies at 35 After Battle With Illness

Actor Paul Teal, best known for a recurring role on the teen drama One Tree Hill, died over the weekend at age 35 after an apparent battle with an unspecified illness.

Teal portrayed Josh Avery for six episodes of the seventh season of the long running show in 2010; a successful actor who was initially seen as a love interest to Jana Kramer’s character Alex Dupre. In an attempt to hide his sexual orientation Josh makes a sex tape with Alex, however it's later revealed that the character is gay.