Paul Teal, who played closeted actor Josh Avery in seven episodes of One Tree Hill's seventh season on the CW network in 2010, died Friday at age 35. Teal had been battling cancer, his agent confirms to USA Today. His death was first announced by his fiancee Emilia Torello, who had been chronicling their relationship on Instagram since 2022, E! News reports. "Paul, you were my soulmate, my soon-to-be-husband, my rock, and my future. You filled my lungs with laughter, my stomach with butterflies, and my heart with love. You were taken too soon, in a battle that you fought bravely without fail," she wrote on the social network Sunday.