Pua Magasiva.Photo: Pua Magasiva/Instagram
Pua Magasiva, who has starred in severalPower Rangerstelevision seriesas well as New Zealand soap operaShortland Street, has died. He was 38.
TheNew Zealand Heraldreported that police were called to a home in Wellington, New Zealand, early on Saturday morning, where they found the actor unresponsive.
A police spokesperson told the outlet that they found “no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death,” and would be referring the case to the coroner.
Magasiva and Sadlerwed last April, nearly 10 months after meeting in October 2016, according to Flava, a New Zealand radio station where Magasiva had co-hosted a morning show prior to his death. The couple first met after Sadler beganfollowing the actor on social media.
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Pua Magasiva and Lizz Sadler.Phil Walter/Getty Images
Last month, the pair traveled to Bali tocelebrate their first wedding anniversary.
“I love doing life with YOU @pua_magasiva 🧡 may our adventures continue for the rest of our lives,” she captioned a shot of the pair together on the trip.
Alongside his own photo from their travels, Magasiva wrote that he was “loving Bali with my number 1,” adding the hashtags: 1 year married, happy with life and my rock.
Magasiva’s final social media post is from last week, when he and his familytook a trip togetheroutside Wellington.
Magasiva, who was born in Samoa but raised in New Zealand, played the Red Ranger in 2003’sPower Rangers Ninja Stormas well as 2004’sPower Rangers Dino Thunder.
He also had a starring role in the long-running soap dramaShortland Street.
From 2003-06, he starred on the series as nurse Vinnie Kruse-Miller and later returned to the show to play the same role from 2011-2018.
He also co-hosted a morning radio show on Flava, but left in 2018, months afterpleading guiltyto a drink-driving charge according to theHerald.
New Zealand actor Shane Cortese, one of Magasiva’s costars from the television seriesOutrageous Fortune, wrote that he would miss “the honor of seeing the glint in his eye and the sound of his hearty laugh close hand.”
Added fellowOutrageous Fortuneactor Antony Starr: “RIP Pua. Heart goes out to those you leave behind.”
Remembering the actor as a “bloody good guy,” presenter Mike Peru shared that Magasiva “would always stop and say hello to anyone that would say hi to him.”
“My friend is gone,”addedone of his pals. “My heart is so, so sore. Please, if you need help, reach out. I know it’s hard. We can all do hard things. Go well, Pua. Go well.”
His wife has yet to break her silence.
source: people.com
