The wife of actor James Ransone pays tribute to her late husband with a bittersweet memory.

Jamie McPhee, known to her friends as “Skipper,” paid tribute to Ransone on Sunday with a photo on Instagram showing the couple as they prepared for the arrival of one of their two children, Jack, now 6, and Violet, 4.

“I told you I’ve loved you 1,000 times before and I know I’ll love you again,” McPhee wrote in the caption of her post. “You told me: I need to be more like you and you need to be more like me, and you were absolutely right.”

He continued, noting, “Thank you for giving me the best gifts: you, Jack, and Violet. We’ll be forever.”

McPhee’s post sparked an outpouring of condolences from some of Ransone’s famous friends.

“I love you with everything I have and hold our beloved, brilliant peejo with grace, gratitude and cosmic peace in this life and the next: family forever,” wrote Natasha Lyonne, who co-starred with Ransone in an episode of “Poker Face.” “Beautiful Jamie, you are the best of us, we love you.”

Actor James Ransone, whose credits include
Actor James Ransone, whose credits include “The Wire” and “It: Chapter Two,” died Dec. 19.

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Actress Julia News also commented: “I give you the biggest virtual hug and I hope you are wrapped in warmth and love, we have your back in whatever you need.”

Meanwhile, a family friend launched a GoFundMe fundraiser in support of McPhee and her children, which had raised more than $114,000 as of Monday afternoon.

Ransone, a Maryland native best known for his roles in “The Wire” and “It: Chapter Two,” died last Friday at age 46. He and McPhee, who worked as a copywriter, had been married since 2017.

According to the Los Angeles County medical examiner, Ransone’s cause of death was an apparent suicide.

Before his death, the actor had spoken openly about his experiences with drug and alcohol addiction, noting that he had developed substance abuse problems after being sexually abused as a child.

“There were a lot of things going on inside me that I hadn’t faced, or at least, had refused to acknowledge for a long time. There were a lot of hard corners in me that needed to be softened,” Ransone wrote in a 2009 essay for Malibu magazine, according to US Weekly. “I had no idea what the results would be in terms of taking some responsibility for my past, but the result has been quite remarkable.”

In a 2016 interview profile, he said he became sober “six or seven months before” working on the HBO miniseries “Generation Kill,” which aired in 2008.

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