Kirk Medas, who starred on the MTV actuality collection Floribama Shore, has died. He was 33 years previous.
Former costar Aimee Corridor introduced the information in an Instagram put up on Friday, Could 2.
“At the moment we misplaced a brother, a greatest good friend, and heaven gained essentially the most lovely angel,” Corridor wrote. “We’re all making an attempt to course of this unimaginable loss. Kirk was the glue that held us all collectively. He beloved every one in all us so deeply, with a coronary heart larger than this world.”
Corridor’s put up got here sooner or later after she revealed on Instagram that Medas had been in an intensive care unit for 2 weeks with a case of necrotizing pancreatitis. In keeping with Cedars Sinai, necrotizing pancreatitis is a situation during which a part of the pancreas dies due to irritation or damage, doubtlessly inflicting severe infections.
Corridor stated on the time that Medas didn’t have medical insurance coverage and so his mom arrange a GoFundMe marketing campaign to pay for his hospital bills. As of the time of this writing, supporters have donated greater than $35,000 towards the marketing campaign’s $100,000 purpose.
In her put up on Friday, Corridor stated she and Medas had been household ever since they met after they had been each 24 years previous. “We talked virtually each single day. We labored collectively, we traveled collectively, we vacationed collectively — we did life collectively,” she wrote. “He was there by each chapter, by each change, at all times prepared to carry our palms and carry our spirits.”
She added: “I by no means imagined that the final time we FaceTimed could be the final time I’d see his lovely eyes. I by no means thought that the final time we vacationed collectively could be the final time I’d get to hug him. If I had recognized, I’d’ve held on longer. A lot longer. … One candy day, I do know we’ll all be collectively once more. Till then, I’ll miss him each single day.”
Medas and Corridor starred on Floribama Shore — a Jersey Shore spinoff about twenty-somethings dwelling collectively on Florida’s Gulf Coast — alongside Jeremiah Buoni, Codi Butts, Kortni Gilson, Nilsa Prowant, Candace Rice, and Gus Smyrnios.
On Instagram, Butts wrote, “It’s with a heavy coronary heart I’ve to say goodbye to my greatest good friend. I like you a lot. My coronary heart is completely damaged. I want this was a nasty dream that I may simply get up from. Thanks, Kirk, for giving me a number of the greatest years of my life. You could have made me a greater particular person. I’ll ceaselessly love you and cherish our friendship!”
Prowant wrote, “Kirk was one in all my favourite folks in the entire world. Anytime you wanted a good friend, Kirk was at all times there. His snicker was contagious, you at all times wished to listen to extra. He beloved and lived life to the fullest.”
And in an announcement to Deadline, MTV stated, “We’re deeply saddened to study of the tragic passing of Kirk Medas, a beloved member of the Floribama Shore household. Our hearts exit to his household, associates, and followers throughout this tough time.”