Former Disney star dies in suspected suicide

Lee Thompson Young, who began his acting career as the teenage star of the Disney Channel's 'The Famous Jett Jackson' and was featured in the film 'Friday Night Lights' and the series 'Rizzoli & Isles', has been found dead, police said. He was 29.

Former Disney star dies in suspected suicide

Lee Thompson Young, who began his acting career as the teenage star of the Disney Channel's 'The Famous Jett Jackson' and was featured in the film 'Friday Night Lights' and the series 'Rizzoli & Isles', has been found dead, police said. He was 29.

There was no official cause of death, but Young's manager, Paul Baruch, said the actor "tragically took his own life."

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