Verne Troyer, best known for his role as Mini-Me in the “Austin Powers” movies, died Saturday. He was 49.

While no cause of death was given, a statement on the actor’s social media accounts said he had gone through a “recent time of adversity” and alluded to suicide and depression as “serious issues.”

“Over the years he’s struggled and won, struggled and won, struggled and fought some more, but unfortunately this time was too much,” it added.

“Depression and Suicide are very serious issues. You never know what kind of battle someone is going through inside. Be kind to one another. And always know, it’s never too late to reach out to someone for help.”

Troyer, who lived in Los Angeles, was taken to hospital early this month for unspecified treatment. The actor spoke about his alcohol addiction during another hospital stay a year ago.


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Wow. It's like 2016 all over again.

David Ogden Stiers, Harry Anderson, Milos Forman, R. Lee Ermey and now Verne Troyer. 5 people in hardly 6 weeks time.

Just now, I read about the passing of Tim Bergling AKA Avicii, a Swedish DJ. He worked together with DJ Tiësto, Chris Martin from Coldplay and David Guetta. In 2014 Avicii cancelled a couple of concerts due to severe health issues, probably the same ones that cost him his life. He was 28.

Last month in two weeks time also two Belgian actors had passed away.

Not to mention we just lost MiracleMac.

What's going on? It makes me sad.

Life sucks sometimes. I guess all we can do is be there for one another while we go through this stuff. I know MacGyver would agree.