Surprising and horrifying information this week out of the world of actuality tv:
Xol, who was a singer and actor earlier than showing on seven seasons of Excessive Makeover, was discovered on the morning of September 20 by authorities in Palm Springs, California.
In line with the Riverside County Coroner, Xol was then taken to a neighborhood hospital — the place he was pronounced lifeless from a number of stab wounds.
He was 58 years previous.
A person named Richard Joseph Gonzales has been arrested for the obvious homicide.
“We are heartbroken at the tragic loss of our beloved Eduardo Xol,” mentioned the truth star’s family members in a press release on Wednesday.
“As his household, we all know that his kindness has touched the lives of so many. We ask for that kindness returned now permitting our privateness to be revered as we course of our grief.
“In lieu of flowers we ask that donations be made in Eduardo’s name to the Lupus Foundation of America as he spent so much of his life in the service of others.”
Xol was greatest recognized for his work on Excessive Makeover: Dwelling Version, which noticed him be a part of the forged within the actuality program’s second season as a designer; he ended up on over 60 episodes.
The late 58-year previous additionally appeared in a variety of telenovelas early on in his profession, together with “Acapulco, cuerpo y alma,” “Sentimientos Ajenos” and “La Jaula de Oro.”
Police, in the meantime, allege Gonzales really known as the cops on the morning of the stabbing to say he had been assaulted the earlier night.
After following up, authorities declare they decided Gonzales was on the scene of the stabbing and was “likely the suspect.”
Xol and Gonzales have been “associates,” police allege, though it’s not clear at the moment the character of their relationship.
Following Xol’s passing, his buddy Richard Pérez-Feria took to social media to share a transferring tribute.
“It’s nearly incomprehensible that I’m writing this post as a goodbye to someone who has been so present, so important in my life,” wrote Pérez-Feria.
“After I first discovered that Eduardo Xol had handed, I went numb. It was unimaginable to course of that info because it didn’t sq. with my hundreds of experiences with him. Please don’t ask me how or why at this level…what issues most is who he was: A gifted, stunning, passionate buddy, brother, son, and companion.
“The hundreds of thousands of guffaws, hopes and secrets and techniques we shared stay on the fore of my ideas.
“I need to honor my pricey buddy and have fun his life as one which mattered to so many. He actually mattered to me. Sending therapeutic love at this horrific time to his circle of family and friends who liked him so.
“Sadly, tomorrow isn’t promised. Love each other. Rest in peace, Eduardo.”
