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Patrick Muldoons Final Video: Christ Painting Before Death
Patrick Muldoon sent what would be his last video to his sister one day before his sudden death of a heart attack on Sunday at age 57.It was all the more bitter...
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It was all the more bittersweet as the clip featured Muldoon pointing out a heavenly painting: Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta by Domenico Zampieri, circa 1622.
The star was at the opening of the new David Geffen Galleries at the County Museum of Art on Saturday.
Shana Muldoon Zappa, 48, shared the video to Instagram this week while remembering her older brother as 'the joke-ster, the artist, the football player, and the intensely spiritually connected, Jesuit educated, incredible being that is Patrick Muldoon. My best friend. The best brother / son/ uncle/ anyone could ever possibly ask for.'
Muldoon, who was also in a post shared two days before his death, was both energetic and playfully eccentric in the clip.
'I'm at the opening of the new LACMA. And what do I see?' he began as his camera panned around the room before stopping at Zampieri's famous work. 'It’s a beautiful painting. 1622. Ignatius – Loyola.'
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Then he broke into a rally cry from his alma mater Loyola High School in Los Angeles, 'LL-LOY. I think that’s what he was thinking in the picture actually.'
Patrick Muldoon sent what would be his last video to his sister one day before his sudden death of a heart attack on Sunday at age 57
The clip featured Muldoon pointing out a heavenly painting - Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta by Domenico Zampieri, circa 1622 – while attending the opening of the new David Geffen Galleries at LACMA on Saturday
His sister, who is married to Frank Zappa’s son Ahmet, indicated the chant was from her brother's football days at high school, which took Saint Ignatius of Loyola as its namesake.
She went on to say that the family will eventually have a 'celebration of life' service, but right now they're still processing their grief.
'I continue to speak of him in present tense. Because his spirit is all around me. He just changed forms,' Zappa wrote.
Muldoon was both energetic and playfully eccentric as he repeated the rally cry from his alma mater Loyola High School in Los Angeles which took Saint Ignatius as its namesake
His sister Shana Muldoon Zappa said the late actor was a fan of Saint Ignatius (pictured together in November 2004)
The actor - pictured on March 8 - died of a heart attack at the Beverly Hills home he shared with his girlfriend Miriam Rothbart
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He was discovered lying unconscious on the bathroom floor when his girlfriend (pictured) went in to check on him
'And here we are. 36 years later. My whole adult life and I don’t know it without you.'
Richards' emotional Instagram post was accompanied with a video montage featuring images and clips of the pair over several decades, set to the song Everything I Own by Bread.
'The friendship, love, support, respect and loyalty we had was unconditional and rare. You lit up every room you walked into,' she continued.
'You are larger than life and everyone was drawn to you. So talented and most underrated actor. And most humble.
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'Everything you did was infectious. Your laugh, your kindness, your wit, your strength, your loyalty, your passion and your zest for life.
'We’ve been each other's rock. Our memories together are endless. You've had my back and protected me more than anyone.'
She added, 'I don’t know what I'm going to do without you here. Especially during this last year of pain and heartache.
'And now I need you more than ever, for this pain and heartache losing you.
Denise Richards, 55, Muldoon's ex-girlfriend and co-star in the 1997 sci-fi film Starship Troopers, shared a message on Instagram following his shock death, 'I am deeply heartbroken and devastated losing you' - pictured on March 8
'Schweet babe we’ve had those conversations. We thought we’d live forever or at least into our 90’s. Schweet babe I will be looking for those signs. I need to know you're still here with me. I love you so much and miss you dearly schweet babe.'
The pair dated for nearly five years before remaining close friends and collaborators, most recently working together on the upcoming crime thriller Dirty Hands, scheduled for digital release on Friday.
Muldoon was known for his roles as Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives from 1992 to 1995 and as Richard Hart on Melrose Place for three seasons until 1996.
He also famously dated Tori Spelling when she was on Beverly Hills, 90210 and he was on Melrose Place.
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