Slain ‘Virgin River’ Actor Stewart McLean Recalled By Family & Friends: “What A Rockstar He Was, A Loved Guy Everywhere He Went”

As the shock of Canadian actor Stewart McLean‘s homicide last week transitions to numbed grief, friends and family of the Virgin River and Murder In A Small Town performer are struggling to make sense of the tragedy.

In recent social media posts since Saturday’s announcement by Canadian law enforcement that McLean’s weeklong disappearance was being investigated as a homicide with the discovery of a body, some who knew the actor have been sharing their thoughts.

Jeff Seymour, a friend in Los Angeles and show business colleague who recently spent time with the Vancouver-area-based McLean, writes on Facebook, “I lost a great friend today. Stew McLean was a wonderful human being. He visited me recently to act in a project I wrote for him. He was such a lovely and thoughtful actor. He was a joy to work with. He was intelligent, well read and an excellent story teller. The day before he headed back to Vancouver, a few of us drove along Mulholland Drive, looking at the views while Stew sang along to songs from the 60s and 70s. He seemed know the lyrics to everything. You will be greatly missed, my friend. You were a good egg. I’m grateful to have had you in my life.”

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