“When Calls the Heart ”Actor Nathaniel Pelletier 'Suddenly' Dies at 53: 'He Touched Many Lives'

• Nathaniel "Nate" Pelletier died connected April 11 astatine nan property of 53
• According to his obituary, Pelletier was unsocial astatine location successful Langley, British Columbia erstwhile he died
• The character was known for his domiciled successful nan Hallmark Channel's deed bid When Calls nan Heart, in which he played a recurring domiciled arsenic nan taxi driver

Nathaniel “Nate” Pelletier has died. He was 53.

The character "passed distant abruptly connected April 11” while location unsocial successful Langley, British Columbia, according to his obituary. He is described arsenic a kind-hearted begetter and friend whose decease “has near a large hole” successful nan hearts of those who knew him.

“He touched galore lives pinch his generosity and bonzer activity ethic,” nan obituary reads. “He was ever location to lend a helping manus erstwhile needed and astir times, earlier it was asked of him. He was charismatic and loved to meet caller people, greeting them pinch his large grin and a lukewarm hearty manus shake.”

“Nathaniel's top emotion was his girl Myhrsades (Murray) Jones of whom he was truthful proud,” nan obituary continues. “He loved to gift her pinch performance tickets to acquisition her favourite set aliases book recreation tickets location special. He was very proud of his world traveller. He besides loved euphony and because of that she and galore others person a wider scope of euphony we perceive to.”

Pelletier is champion known for his domiciled connected nan Hallmark Channel's deed series, When Calls nan Heart, successful which he played nan recurring domiciled of a taxi driver and worked down nan scenes arsenic an worker of nan show’s carrier department. His obituary highlights his profession and “work-family” arsenic “his 2nd top love,” including his proscription skipper Gordon “Gord” Alyward.

“He besides loved to navigator and cook cookies and bars, entertain his friends and family and wrote galore poems successful his ever truthful recognizable manus writing,” nan obituary concludes. “His doorway was ever unfastened to all, young and aged and I person often seen him giving a hug complete his pavilion rail.”

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Martin Cummins, who stars successful When Calls nan Heart as Henry Gowen, paid tribute to Pelletier successful a heart-warming Instagram post earlier this month.

“I conscionable came backmost from a thrust connected nan motorcycle Gord and Nate put together for nan girls and I,” he wrote, on pinch a bid of images of Pelletier connected set. “I’m taking shadiness successful Mexico nether nan awning Nate helped maine fig retired successful nan woods adjacent nan aged cabin. I person spent much hours astatine activity sitting successful nan bluish room, successful soundlessness aliases successful speech pinch Gord and Nate than I person opinionated connected portion pinch nan camera rolling.”

“Gord has ever felt for illustration a begetter fig to me, and Nate and I were his boys moving astir nan town, hanging retired successful nan woods and talking s---,” Cummins added. “Life is perpetually changing. Things are ne'er nan same. The Valley will not beryllium nan aforesaid without Nathaniel Pelletier. He was a gentle psyche and it was my grant to telephone him friend.”

The show’s accumulation head Mike Magnusson besides shared a saccharine connection mourning nan nonaccomplishment of Pelletier on nan When Calls nan Heart Instagram page.

“Nate was each heart, a existent ‘Unicorn’, smashing each 14 hr time pinch a wide grin & endless cheer for all,” Magnusson recalled. “He ‘saw’ people, and was ever location pinch a benignant word. He leaves a void of tone we will not beryllium capable to replace. Nate you were 1 of a kind, and we loved you. You will beryllium sorely missed my friend.”