{"id":343495,"date":"2026-06-02T22:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343495\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:14:13","slug":"tributes-pour-in-for-oaklands-angus-cloud-after-posthumous-euphoria-cameo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/343495\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes pour in for Oakland’s Angus Cloud after posthumous Euphoria cameo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans of the late Angus Cloud rushed to his still-active Instagram profile<\/a> to again say good-bye after brief footage of him appeared on Sunday night\u2019s season 3 finale of \u201cEuphoria,\u201d HBO\u2019s acclaimed but divisive teen drama that made the Oakland actor a global star before he died in 2023 of an accidental drug overdose.<\/p>\n

On Cloud\u2019s Instagram, people filled the comments section of his last post,<\/a> which was dated about two weeks before his July 31, 2023 death. It appeared that hundreds of people had left messages, expressing how much they miss him and how they still can\u2019t believe he\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe miss you,\u201d many said, along with heart emojis and messages of \u201cRIP.\u201d\u00a0 These messages were still pouring in, almost by the minute, as of Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cGlad we saw you in the last episode,\u201d another person said. \u201cIt Was A Blessing To See You One Last Time Fez,\u201d said another, while a third person said they \u201cliterally sobbed\u201d upon seeing Cloud on \u201cEuphoria\u201d again. \u201cI hope you found peace wherever you are,\u201d a fourth said.<\/p>\n

\"AA mural in memory of “Euphoria” star Angus Cloud was recently painted by his friends on East 19th Street near Park Boulevard in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Angus, native of Oakland, died Monday at his parents house in Oakland. (Ray Chavez\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cloud played the soft-hearted drug dealer Fezco O\u2019Neill, or Fez, on the hit show before he died at age 25<\/a> at his mother\u2019s Oakland home. His Fez became a standout part of \u201cEuphoria\u2019s\u201d second season, which aired in early 2022, as he developed a close, big brother-like bond with the show\u2019s protagonist, Rue Bennett. A teenage drug addict, Rue was played by Zendaya, another Oakland native who also attended the Oakland School for the Arts.<\/p>\n

For season 3, which was filmed after Cloud\u2019s death, it was explained that Fez was in prison. In the finale, Fez is in the news for using parkour to escape from prison, with Rue rushing to reunite with him. The scene that drove some of Cloud\u2019s fans to tears shows Fez and Rue standing together in a grassy field, smiling and looking off at an unseen horizon. The scene made use of an archival test reel of the two actors that was filmed nearly seven years ago, according to Esquire.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThey seem impossibly young, with Zendaya looking especially baby faced,\u201d Esquire writer Anthony Breznican said. \u201cThis is as close to a garden of Eden as Euphoria gets, before all the chaos and heartbreak that befall its characters.\u201d<\/p>\n

The scene was possibly part of a hallucination that Rue is having, shortly before she\u2019s seen on the show, succumbing to a fatal fentanyl overdose. Having Rue die in this way no doubt struck many of Cloud\u2019s fans as especially heartbreaking because the actor died on July 31, 2023 from a lethal combination of drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl,<\/a> according to the Alameda County coroner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\"USUS actors Angus Cloud and Zendaya attend the Los Angeles premiere of the new HBO series “Euphoria” at the Cinerama Dome Theatre in Hollywood, California, on June 4, 2019. (Photo by Chris Delmas \/ AFP) (Photo by CHRIS DELMAS\/AFP via Getty Images)\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Cloud\u2019s death, friends and his former manager revealed that he had dealt with a serious drug addiction that in recent years led to at least one stint in rehab and multiple relapses and efforts to stay sober. In season 2, Cloud\u2019s character, who became a moral compass for Rue, stopped supplying her with drugs out of the fear that she would overdose.<\/p>\n

For Fez and Rue\u2019s final scene together, \u201cEuphoria\u201d creator Sam Levinson dug out the test reel, for which he used a rare type of Kodak film to see how it would make the actors and the environment look on camera, Esquire reported. Levinson weaved the footage into early portions of Sunday night\u2019s episode, when Rue is remembering parts of her life and her younger self, including her friendship with Fez.<\/p>\n

While Cloud may be gone, his Fez character has endured in the culture, as Levinson explained. \u201cHis arc this season is really kind of amazing, despite the fact that he\u2019s in prison and we don\u2019t see him,\u201d Levinson told Esquire.<\/p>\n

On Cloud\u2019s Instagram, people said he would have been \u201cabsolutely amazing in this third season.\u201d One also said, \u201cglad we saw you in the last episode.\u201d Another added, \u201cwasn\u2019t expecting seeing u. that last episode broke my heart. I love u fez.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cloud\u2019s 2023 death sent shockwaves through the entertainment industry and his native Oakland. He was known as a multi-talented young performer, as well as an avid skater and a strong supporter of his hometown and its community of actors, musicians and artists.<\/p>\n

Cloud\u2019s mother, Lisa Cloud, said at the time that her son \u201cgave and received so much love and support to and from his tribe.\u201d She also said, \u201cHis work in \u2018Euphoria\u2019 became a lightning rod for his generation and opened up a conversation about compassion, loyalty, acceptance and love.\u201d<\/p>\n

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