Canadian actress and model Stefanie Sherk has tragically passed away at the age of just 37.
Actor Demian Bichir, 55, praised his ‘beautiful, angelic and talented’ wife inwith an emotional Instagram post as he announced with ‘inconceivable pain’ that Stefanie had ‘peacefully’ died on Wednesday, April 24.
On Wednesday, actor Demian Bichir announced the death of his wife, Canadian actress and model Stefanie Sherk, in a heartfelt message on Instagram.
He didn’t specifying the cause of death, but he wrote: ‘Dear friends, On behalf of the Sherk and the Bichir Nájera families, it is with inconceivable pain that I announce that on April 20, 2019, our dearest Stefanie Sherk, my beloved and loving wife, passed away peacefully.’
The Mexican actor wrote that Sherk died on Saturday. She was 37.
”It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain,” Bichir said in his post, accompanied by a picture of Sherk. “It is our sincerest hope that our beautiful Stefanie, my angel and love of my life, will rest in eternal peace.”
The couple started their relationship in 2010 and did not have children together, according to Daily Mail.
Stefanie Sherk was born in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Canada and has a range of acting credentials to her name.
She starred in Demian’s directorial debut Un Cuento de Circo & A Love Song alongside Eva Longoria, as well as a slew of other films Star Power, Valentine’s Day and Loco Love.
Bichir, who appeared in movies The Hateful Eight, Che: Guerrilla and Sex, Shame & Tears, asked for privacy in the family’s time of mourning.
“We thank everybody beforehand for their prayers and we respectfully ask for your understanding so we may grieve in peace and privacy in these incredibly difficult times.”
Rest in peace, Stefanie!
