Blake Heron has died at the age of 35.
The actor, 35, famed for his role as Marty Preston in the 1996 classic film Shiloh, was found at his Los Angeles home by his girlfriend Chanel Panagiotolpoulos on Friday, TMZ reports.
Heron’s cause of death has not been officially confirmed, but it’s claimed he had been suffering from bouts of the flu for the last few days.
RIP: Blake Heron has died at the age of 35 (pictured at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017)
The star’s girlfriend allegedly found his unresponsive body on Friday morning before calling law enforcement officials.
Sources reported that paramedics attempted to resuscitate Heron for nearly 40 minutes before pronouncing the star dead at the scene.
Paramedics on scene reportedly did not find any illegal drugs, TMZ reports.
Talent: The 35-year-old actor starred as Marty Preston in the 1996 classic film Shiloh
Screen star: Blake had recently portrayed a heroin addict with the same name in the 2017 film A Thousand Junkies, which screened at Tribeca FIlm Festival in April 2017
He had recently completed a stint in rehab for his struggle with heroin addiction.
Heron’s Instagram account showed he had also just returned from a trip to Paris, France with his make-up artist girlfriend.
‘Our last night in Paris. We had a rad dinner cruise on the Seine River to cap our week off,’ Blake captioned his last social media post.
Happy: Blake’s last Instagram post was a touching image of him and make-up artist girlfriend Chanel Panagiotolpoulos outside the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
Trip of a lifetime: Heron had just returned from a trip to Paris, France with his make up artist girlfriend Chanel Panagiotolpoulos
Heron had recently portrayed a heroin addict with the same name in the 2017 film A Thousand Junkies, which screened at Tribeca FIlm Festival.
He made his film debut alongside Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Brad Renfro in the 1995 film Tom and Huck, based on Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer.
Renfro died of an accidental heroin dose in 2008.
Heron was a lead character in the film Cheaters in 2000, which also starred Jeff Daniels, Jena Malone and Paul Sorvino, where students conspired to cheat on an academic event.
In the past few years, Blake had also starred in the television shows Justified, Criminal Minds and NCIS: New Orleans.
Film star: Heron was a lead character in the film Cheaters in 2000, which also starred Jeff Daniels, Jena Malone and Paul Sorvino, where students conspired to cheat on an academic event