Actress and model Lauren Young paid tribute to her friend and former on-screen partner, the late actor AJ Perez, on his birthday.
Lauren posted a short but meaningful message to AJ on her Instagram expressing how much she misses the actor.
“Happy birthday, AJ! Been going through our old photos all morning and can’t help but smile as I remember all the good times we had growing up and having fun on set. We miss you everyday,” Lauren wrote in her Instagram.
Lauren and AJ became onscreen partner in 2006 in Kapamilya shows Star Magic Presents: All About A Girl and Abt Ur Luv.
Meanwhile, Angello Perez, the younger brother of AJ, also shared an old video of the latter and captioned it with an emotional message.
“Whenever I look at our old pictures and videos, I always tend to get a bit emotional, knowing that I’ll never have these types of moments with you again. However, I look at these videos and I thank God every single day that I was lucky enough to at least make thirteen years worth of memories with you. Happy 25th birthday kuya. I will forever miss you,” he said on Instagram.
AJ died in a fatal vehicular accident on April 17, 2011 after performing in Dagupan City, Pangasinan.
The actor died at the young age of 18. He would have been 25 by now.
