- "One Tree Hill" star Bevin Prince's husband William Friend died Sunday after he was struck by lightning.
- Friend was on a boat near Masonboro Island in Wilmington, North Carolina.
- Representatives for Prince did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
"One Tree Hill" star Bevin Prince's husband William Friend, 33, died on Sunday after being struck by lightning while on a boat near Masonboro Island in Wilmington, North Carolina, the National Lightning Safety Council has reported.
Representatives for Prince did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
According to local Wilmington news station WECT News, after police were flagged down and informed of the event they performed CPR on Friend as they were transporting him to meet EMS at the nearby Bradley Creek Marina. Upon meeting EMS, Friend was transferred to an ambulance and CPR was performed for 20 minutes. Friend was pronounced dead in the vehicle and his body was brought to the hospital where friends and family were waiting.
Friend was the CEO of Bisnow Media and owned a local fitness business with Prince in Wilmington, where the couple lived. Prince, who starred as Bevin on the WB/CW hit series "One Tree Hill" from 2004 to 2012, married Friend in May 2016. The couple moved from New York City to North Carolina during the pandemic to be "closer to family," according to Bisnow.
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