These past few weeks have sadly seen a few beloved actors pass away and, unfortunately, another has now left us. It was confirmed that veteran actor Robert Carradine died at 71 this week, with his family confirming the news on social media. While Carradine had many film and TV credits under his belt, one of his famous roles was that of affable dad Sam McGuire on the classic Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire. In the wake of Carradine’s passing, Hilary Duff and other actors from the coming-of-age series paid tribute to him.
Duff, who played the titular role on Lizzie McGuire, had the opportunity to work with Carradine closely, considering he played her father. After learning of her co-star’s passing, the actress and singer took to Instagram and shared a few sweet throwback photos, one of her and Carradine and another of the pair alongside cast members Hallie Todd and Jake Thomas. Additionally, Duff shared a caption, with which she remembered her “old friend”:
