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Stewart said that for him, \"This was the first time I ever dealt with anything like this and something that, you might have said it, someone said it, but they said -- just to be okay with any thought that, that you have.\"

\"It's fine. Like, cause when you're grieving, like, you think things that ... I've thought things I've never thought before,\" Stewart added.

Cameron recalled the last conversation she had with Boyce, saying, \"it was pretty normal, you know?\"

\"We all expected to see each other a lot more,\" she added.

Stewart said, \"we were expecting to see each other a lot!\"

\"The last time I saw him we were actually just ... we're at the Radio Disney Music Awards which was ... that's very recent,\" Stewart added. \"We were just planning to hang out and, like, make videos and we just liked creating stuff together.\"

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Cameron quipped that Stewart and Boyce \"were like two puppy brothers together.\"

Stewart agreed, saying that Boyce was \"like my little brother.\"

The final installment in \"The Descendants\" franchise is set for release on Friday and will be dedicated to Boyce and followed by a tribute video.

Cameron called on Boyce's many fans to remember him \"in the most positive light.\"

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\"I think that as absolutely heartbreaking as this one is, it is a personal loss for so many young people who watch Disney,\" she said. \"I truly think the best thing we can do for them is to remember Cameron exactly as he was in -- in the most positive light -- but not to avoid it.\"

Ortega recalled to ABC News that \"Cameron said something, he said, 'We all go.'\"

\"He said -- but what you leave here has to be bigger than you,\" Ortega said. \"And I think it's important for us all to make every beat count, every moment count.\"

\"The Descendants 3\" will premiere on Aug. 2 on Disney Channel.

To honor Boyce’s legacy, his family has started The Cameron Boyce Foundation, which will provide “young people artistic and creative outlets as alternatives to violence and negativity and uses resources and philanthropy for positive change in the world,” according to their website.

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