Kindergarten Cop and Knots Landing child star Christian Cousins has died aged just 43.
The news of his tragic death was shared by his brother Jonas Roeser last month.
While a cause of death was not confirmed, Roeser said Cousins had been ‘very sick with liver disease.’
The tribute read: ‘RIP: My Dear Brother Christian Cousins. It’s hard to share that my brother, Christian Cousins, has passed away.
‘Christian and his twin brother, Joseph “Joey” Cousins, are my brothers through my biological father.
‘They grew up in California while I was in Washington and I didn’t get to know them until I was in college.
‘Before that, I grew up watching them on television in Knots Landing and the lead role of Dominic in Kindergarten Cop with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Kindergarten Cop and Knots Landing child star Christian Cousins has died aged just 43 (source: Facebook/Drkanglgabriel)
Christian and twin Joey memorably starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1990 comedy Kindergarten Cop, playing Dominic – seen top right
Christian Cousins, left, and Joseph Cousins seen in Knots Landing in 1989
‘But those roles are only a small part of how I’ll remember Christian. He was a character, full of passion and energy, with big stories and even bigger dreams. Christian had been very sick with liver disease.
‘It brings me comfort to believe he is now in heaven with his mother, free from the pain he was carrying.
‘Rest easy, Christian. I hope your soul is at rest and that you’ve found peace. You are my brother and you will be missed.
Christian and twin Joey memorably starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1990 comedy Kindergarten Cop, playing Dominic.
In 1988 when they were five, the twins appeared in an episode of Highway to Heaven.
The brothers starred on Knots Landing as Bobby Gibson Ewing between 1987 and 1993.
Their last role was in 1995 in movie, Twin Sitters.
While the twins stepped away from Hollywood, the cast of Kindergarten Cop reunited in 2020 with Schwarzenegger to reflect on their time on set.
Cousins said, ‘On the first interview with my brother, they knew that there was going to be a lot of limitations because of how many kids were involved in the movie.
‘And because of child labor rights and whatnot, you can only work so many hours and we were a younger crowd that in order to get filming done in anything less than eons to for the screen time that was required for the Dominic character they were likely going to need twins.
The news of his tragic death was shared by his brother Jonas Roeser last month. While a cause of death was not confirmed, Roeser said Cousins had been ‘very sick with liver disease’ (source: Facebook/Drkanglgabriel)
While the twins stepped away from Hollywood, the cast of Kindergarten Cop reunited in 2020 with Schwarzenegger to reflect on their time on set
Cousins said of his and Joey’s audition, ‘They had seen some previous work we’d done, met with Ivan Reitman and Arnold right off the bat and got it.
‘But then when they did a bunch of major major interviews with a lot of kids, they still invited us to go to each one because they were also seeing how we all interact together interestingly enough.’
