Everybody Loves Raymond cast remembers late child star Sawyer Sweeten during 30th anniversary reunion: ‘We miss him’
The Everybody Loves Raymond cast took a moment to remember their late cast member during their 30th anniversary reunion.
The cast of the sitcom, which ran from 1996 to 2005, gathered to reminisce on the memories of making the show, many of which included the late actor Sawyer Sweeten.
Alongside his twin brother Sullivan and older sister Madylin, the three played the children of Raymond and Debra Barone, the show’s main couple.
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The Everybody Loves Raymond cast has paid tribute to late child star Sawyer Sweeten during a TV reunion. (CBS)
Sawyer died by suicide in 2015, just a few weeks before his 20th birthday.
Ray Romano, who played the titular Raymond on the show, shared a tribute with the cast as they sat at the family table from the show.
“Sawyer, of course, is no longer with us, and we miss him,” Romano said.
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Brad Garrett, Ray Romano, Sullivan Sweeten, Patricia Heaton, Monica Horan, and Madylin Sweeten in the 30th anniversary reunion. (Sonja Flemming/CBS)Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten, along with their sister Madylin, played the children of Raymond and Debra Barone. (Getty)
“He was … just this bright energy [and] light.”
Twin brother Sullivan shared, ”None of us expected what happened, but I try to think about the good moments and oftentimes that’s here on the set.
“I’ve got plenty of good memories – you know, playing tag in the bleachers and the prop room.
“But I’m a sucker for a happy ending, and the final scene with everybody gathered around the table has got to be my favourite memory.”
“I try to think about the good moments and oftentimes that’s here on the set,” Sullivan said of his brother’s death. (Instagram)
Sullivan is no longer an actor and has retreated from the spotlight, but he did appear on an episode of Dr Oz with his sister and mother Elizabeth to talk about their family’s loss.
“I think Sawyer was a little bit more frustrated with being on TV – later,” Madylin shared, though she added that “during it,” they had “so much fun.”
“Afterwards, he had more of a cynical attitude towards it,” Sullivan explained.
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“We both definitely enjoyed being on the show. I think it was afterwards, when we realised how much school we missed and how little we got to socialise with other kids and just how much it affected [us].
“I still have trouble talking to people, just on a regular, day-to-day basis.
“I think he kind of blamed Hollywood for that a little bit.”
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