![R.I.P. Harry Hains from American Horror Story and The OA](https://img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2020/01/14155629/mwfpw8zx0penwl0btdve.jpg)
As reported by Deadline, Australian actor Harry Hains, who appeared in the hotel season of American Horror Story and on Netflix’s The OA, has died. A cause of death hasn’t been given, but in an Instagram post from his mother (actress Jane Badler), she referenced that Hains had “struggled with mental illness and addiction.” Hains was 27.
In addition to playing a man who was killed by Jeffrey Dahmer on American Horror Story, Hains worked as a model and performed as a musician under the name Antiboy. He also had a handful of roles in small indie films, like Groupies, Peridot, and The Surface, and he appeared in an episode of Amazon’s Sneaky Pete. In her post, Badler said, “A brilliant spark shone bright too short a time,” adding, “I will miss you Harry every day of my life.”
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Fuck. And wasn’t it just yesterday that the Ugly Betty creator died by suicide as well? Fucking epidemic. This shit is a punch to the gut.
I read just yesterday about a 23-year-old young woman, a former MTV reality show participant, who also tragically lost her battle with mental health and addiction. I’m not even a parent, but it is just heartbreaking to keep reading almost every week about all of the very young people we’re losing at such an alarming rate.