'One Tree Hill' Actress Bevin Prince's Husband Dies After Lightning Strike

That information comes courtesy of The Daily Mail, who also reported that Prince's best friend and fellow actress Odette Annable posted a heartfelt tribute to Friend on Instagram.

As she wrote, "The life and love that you gave to my best friend made it feel okay that we were thousands of miles apart. As I sit in your beautiful home, looking out onto the ocean, I keep thinking about what a gift you gave to Bevin."

Prince is best known for playing cheerleader Bevin Mirskey in 41 episodes of One Tree Hill.

According to WECT, Friend was struck by lightning, which prompted civilians to flag down the Marine Unit of the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office while they were on a routine patrol.

But while deputies performed CPR on Friend as they moved him to shore and an EMS unit attempted to resuscitate him for 20 minutes after he reached their ambulance, he was pronounced dead before they could make it to the hospital.

As Captain Ryan Saporito of Sea Tow Wrightsville Beach told WECT, "Some people think that there’s some protection just based on a little bit of metal, but really there isn’t when you consider that lightning gets into the metal systems of your boat and you’re very close to those."

As he went on to say, to be near a body of water or beach during a storm is to expose yourself to a lightning threat.

Friend and Prince celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary in May 21 and had made a new home together in Wilmington, North Carolina after moving from New York City in 2020 to be closer to their family.

h/t: The Daily Mail, WETC