Angus Cloud: Euphoria star’s mother recounts son’s last moments before death from accidental overdose
The mother of Euphoria star Angus Cloud – who died of an accidental overdose earlier this year – has revealed his final words to her.
The 25-year-old, best known for playing Fezco opposite Zendaya in the HBO drama show, was found unresponsive at his family home in Oakland, California in July.
Sharing her son’s final words, Lisa Cloud, said her son had told her,”I love you, mama”, adding “I’ll see you in the morning”, the night before his death.
Cloud died after taking a lethal mix of methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and benzodiazepines, the Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau confirmed to Sky News’ US partner network NBC News.
He had been staying with his mother after the death of his father, who was buried in Ireland a week before his own death.
Angus Cloud as Fezco in Euphoria. Pic: Warner Media/HBO/Sky UK
“I started shaking him and screaming. I pushed him hard, and he fell on the floor,” Ms Cloud said in an interview with People magazine.
“I tried to resuscitate him – mouth-to-mouth – and I was compressing him.
“I was screaming for my neighbour because I didn’t want to leave him and call 911, and I just kept at it until they took him away.”
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She explained Cloud’s death was caused predominately by central nervous system depressants, that slowed his heart and his breathing.
The actor had reportedly started using opioids to manage pain after falling into – and getting trapped in – a construction site at the age of 15 and suffering from a brain injury. Ms Cloud added that he suffered another injury while police chased him after he was caught drawing graffiti in Los Angeles during the pandemic.
“That’s really what started his drug-seeking behaviour, I think,” Ms Cloud said. “It was hugely painful.”
She said the actor then struggled to cope with the death of his father, and turned to drugs to cope with his grief.
“His dad’s death isn’t responsible for his, but he clearly couldn’t cope,” she said.
“I miss him so much. He was the love of my life.”
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Angus Cloud dies aged 25
After his death, Euphoria creator Sam Levinson described the actor as special, talented and “way too young to leave us so soon”.
Cloud was scouted for the role in Levinson’s hit show after working in a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York.
Zendaya also praised her cast mate’s skill.
“I’m lucky because I got to experience the most beautiful parts of him. I got to watch him create and I got to watch him discover the fact that he was an actor,” she said. “A damn good one at that.”
:: Anyone feeling emotionally distressed or suicidal can call Samaritans for help on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org in the UK. In the US, call the Samaritans branch in your area or 1 (800) 273-TALK.
Dozens of supporters were outside court as the man accused of fatally shooting the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare made his first appearance.
Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder following the 4 December killing of Brian Thompson, 50, outside a midtown Manhattan hotel.
The 26-year-old is accused of ambushing and shooting the executive as he walked to an investor conference.
Luigi Mangione supporters stand outside the Supreme Court. Pic: AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah
Dozens of people who showed up in court to support the suspect including former army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning who was jailed for stealing classified diplomatic cables.
Dozens more queued in the hallway.
Mangione is also facing federal charges that could carry the possibility of the death penalty.
The judge set a deadline of 9 April to submit pre-trial motions.
Luigi Mangione is accused of fatally shooting Brian Thompson. Pic: Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP
In addition to the New York cases, Mr Mangione also faces charges of forgery, carrying firearms without a licence, and other counts in Pennsylvania, where authorities arrested him at a McDonald’s.
Police say he was in possession of a gun, bullets, multiple fake IDs and a handwritten document that expressed “ill will” towards corporate America.
He is being held in a Brooklyn jail alongside several other high-profile defendants, including music mogul and rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, and disgraced crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried.
The killing prompted some to voice their resentment at US health insurers, with Mangione attracting a cult following.
A poll taken in the wake of the shooting showed most Americans believe health insurance profits and coverage denials were partly to blame for the incident.
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