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The actors "Jessie" and "Descendants" have died as a result of "persistent health problems," said Saturday a spokesman for the family ABC News.
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Skai Jackson paid tribute to his former Disney Channel partner, Cameron Boyce, in a series of online publications Sunday after the death of the 20-year-old actor.

Jackson, 17, played Boyce's younger sister on "Jessie" from 2011 to 2015. She wrote to the fans promising that "their timeline will be flooded with photos and videos of this incredible human", before sharing memories of him through the years.

"Just be grateful for everything you have," she advised fans in a tearful video of Instagram Live. "Always tell people that you appreciate them, always be nice to people, because that does not mean that they will always be here … Tomorrow is not promised."

"There was a lot more on the way": Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce dies at 20

Jackson and Boyce were two of four young children who played in "Jessie". They were respectively 9 and 12 years old at the first broadcast of the Disney Channel sitcom.

In his Instagram account, Jackson remembers him as "the funniest" and calls him "forever brother." She included photos of "Jessie" behind the scenes and on red carpets, as well as an old Boyce video singing "I'll Be There" from The Jackson 5.

"I would never have thought that in a million years I would write this," she wrote in a post. "I'm so happy to have spent almost every day with you on the set.You've done the best hugs.I'd love to hug you when I saw you a few months ago. Thank you very much for being the big brother I've never had. "

Jackson also criticized online trolls for creating false rumors about the deaths of celebrities. In 2013, Boyce had to assure fans that he was still alive after a hoax about him began to circulate.

"I'm not dead, I promise," he had tweeted at the time.

"Stupid hoaxes and put r.i.p. on someone's page are not a joke," added Jackson in a comment on Instagram's Story. "Tomorrow, this is not promised to anyone .. Stop yourself! Make sure to tell someone you love them today."

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