<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1GFhIw_0vkNbJPL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1GFhIw_0vkNbJPL00" width="1200" height="675" ><figcaption>Heavy/Getty Ty Pennington spoke out following Eduardo Xol's death.</figcaption></figure><p>HGTV‘s Ty Pennington has released a statement following the death of “Extreme Home Makeover” star Eduardo Xol.</p><p>“Devastated to hear about Eduardo’s passing. Truly the most genuine, kind soul,” Pennington wrote on his Instagram Stories on September 25. The two worked together on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” which aired on ABC in the 2000s. The show ended in early 2012.</p><p>According to a press release issued by the Riverside County Sheriff, Xol died on September 20 at Desert Regional Medical Center in California.</p><p>“We are heartbroken at the tragic loss of our beloved Eduardo Xol. As his family, we know that his kindness has touched the lives of so many. We ask for that kindness returned now allowing our privacy to be respected as we process our grief,” Xol’s family told TMZ in a statement. “In lieu of flowers we ask that donations be made in Eduardo’s name to the Lupus Foundation of America as he spent so much of his life in the service of others,” the statement concluded.</p><p>His official cause of death has not been made public. Per TMZ, Xol died one week after he was stabbed. He was just 58 years old.</p><h2>Eduardo Xol’s Longtime Friend Posted a Tribute to Him on Social Media</h2><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAWoTXIvIWf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:658px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAWoTXIvIWf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank" rel="noopener external"><div style="flex-direction: row;align-items: center"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px"></div><div style="flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0"></div><div style="height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0"></div><div style="flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center"><div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px"></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px"></div><div style="width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto"><div style="width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px"></div><div style="width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent"></div></div></div><div style="flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px"></div></div><p></p></a><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAWoTXIvIWf/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">A post shared by Lite Rock 99.3 (@literock993)</a></p></div><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);delay=function(){window.instgrm.Embeds.process()};setTimeout(delay,500)"></blockquote><p>On September 22, longtime friend of Xol, Richard Pérez-Feria took to social media to pay tribute.</p><p>“It’s nearly incomprehensible that I’m writing this post as a goodbye to someone who has been so present, so important in my life. When I first learned that Eduardo Xol had passed, I went numb,” he captioned an Instagram post.</p><p>Some people have taken to the comments section to post their condolences. Those comments included messages from friends and family members, too.</p><p>“Went to high school with Eduardo, was a great guy. So sad,” one person wrote.</p><p>“Thank you for posting this. He was my cousin. I don’t have words to express all the emotions I feel. But I loved your words. He was amazing and I’ll never forget his generosity he showed to me. I still can’t process it all fully,” another comment read.</p><p>“Oh my gosh, no! Eduardo was an awesome guy. I’m in shock. Completely in shock. I can’t believe it. I’m so sorry. Heartbreaking,” a third Instagram user said.</p><p>The last post on an Instagram account appearing to belong to Xol was in 2015.</p><h2>Eduardo Xol Began His Career in the 90s</h2><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAWSSQ3OhCm/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;margin: 1px;max-width:658px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:99.375%;width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px);width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAWSSQ3OhCm/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank" rel="noopener external"><div style="flex-direction: row;align-items: center"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 40px;margin-right: 14px;width: 40px"></div><div style="flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 100px"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 60px"></div></div></div><div style="padding: 19% 0"></div><div style="height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"></div><div style="padding-top: 8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:550;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding: 12.5% 0"></div><div style="flex-direction: row;margin-bottom: 14px;align-items: center"><div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px;flex-grow: 0;margin-right: 14px;margin-left: 2px"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;height: 12.5px;width: 12.5px"></div></div><div style="margin-left: 8px"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 50%;flex-grow: 0;height: 20px;width: 20px"></div><div style="width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 2px solid transparent;border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom: 2px solid transparent"></div></div><div style="margin-left: auto"><div style="width: 0px;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right: 8px solid transparent"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;flex-grow: 0;height: 12px;width: 16px"></div><div style="width: 0;height: 0;border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left: 8px solid transparent"></div></div></div><div style="flex-direction: column;flex-grow: 1;justify-content: center;margin-bottom: 24px"><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;margin-bottom: 6px;width: 224px"></div><div style="background-color: #F4F4F4;border-radius: 4px;flex-grow: 0;height: 14px;width: 144px"></div></div><p></p></a><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DAWSSQ3OhCm/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank" rel="noopener external">A post shared by QueenTeaTalkTv (@queenteatalktv)</a></p></div><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);delay=function(){window.instgrm.Embeds.process()};setTimeout(delay,500)"></blockquote><p>Xol began his career in television in the early 90s, per his IMDb page. He appeared in a couple of music videos before landing a role in a television show called “Acapulco, cuerpo y alma.” In 1997, he appeared in 14 episodes of “La jaula de oro.”</p><p>He’s also made a number of appearances on various shows, including “The Tony Danza Show” in 2006 and “The Fran Drescher Show” in 2010.</p><p>Xol joined the cast of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” in 2005. He was a designer on the show for a total of 65 episodes.</p><p>Xol was also an author, taking his expertise to the public via books including “Home Sense: Simple Solutions to Enhance Where and How You Live,” which was released in 2007. He also authored another entertaining book called “Extreme Entertaining Made Simple.”</p><p><b>:</b> Is Jennifer Lopez Calling off Her Divorce After Ben Affleck Reunion?</p></div></body>

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HGTV Star Ty Pennington ‘Devastated’ Following Tragedy

HGTV‘s Ty Pennington has released a statement following the death of “Extreme Home Makeover” star Eduardo Xol. “Devastated to hear about Eduardo’s passing. Truly the most genuine, kind soul,” Pennington wrote on his Instagram Stories on September 25. The two worked together on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” which aired on ABC in the 2000s. The show ended in early 2012.