© 2026 ABC News

The Boyces described Cameron as being in a place in his life where he was \"finding his groove\" and transitioning into an adult. Part of that transition for Cameron included launching into charity work and finding ways to use his voice, according to Libby Boyce.

\"He was really getting into the charity stuff, really getting into what he wanted to do with his voice, which is what we always told him to do,\" she said. \"Use your voice. Use it to make positive in the world, and that's what he was starting to do.\"

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Victor Boyce (@thevictorboyce) on May 19, 2019 at 7:12pm PDT

To honor Cameron's memory, his family launched 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.

Cameron was honored with a tribute earlier this month after the premiere of \"Descendants 3\" on Disney Channel.

The tribute included footage of him with his co-stars and even a moment from an early audition.

Though Cameron became a household name thanks to his acting roles, including the \"Descendants\" franchise, his parents say they want him to be remembered for much more.

\"His legacy is important to us because we don't want him to be remembered as just an actor or some Disney kid,\" said Victor Boyce. \"Because he was so much more than that.\"

\"He wanted to be known as his own person, you know, individually and not cookie-cutter,\" he added.

Libby Boyce described Cameron as the \"bedrock of our family.\" In addition to his parents, Cameron is survived by a sister, Maya.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Victor Boyce (@thevictorboyce) on Jul 1, 2019 at 5:44pm PDT

\"Holidays and events, when he would walk in, it would just light up the room and the party would start,\" said Libby Boyce. \"And so that's just an important message that, you know, as an actor, that was just a small piece of who he was.\"

\"That's what gave him some fame, but as a human, he was all about, you know, not being cookie cutter, and about creativity and about joy and no labels,\" she said. \"He was just a human being.\"

Tune into \"Good Morning America\" on Thursday, August 15, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET, for more of Robin's exclusive interview with Cameron Boyce's parents.

The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of ABC News.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/cameron-boyces-parents-speak-death-epilepsy-define/story?id=64963970","legacySlug":"/culture/story/cameron-boyces-parents-speak-death-epilepsy-define-64963970","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"13:23","publishDate":"08-14-2019","updatedTime":"07:37","updatedDate":"08-16-2019","socialImage":{"alt":"Cameron Boyce is seen here in this undated file photo.","credit":"ABC","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/cameron-boyce-abc-ml-190709_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"8/14/2019 13:23:00 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":64963970,"headline":"Cameron Boyce's parents on the death of their son","mediaAssetTitle":"GMA_CAMERON BOYCE PARENTS PREVIEW CLIP_190814","description":"Victor and Libby Boyce describe their late son as the \"bedrock of our family.\"","duration":"9:11","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/08/190816_ntl_descendants_1239_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["64211103","64689385","64722763"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"July 9, 2019","headline":"Boyce's family 'overwhelmed' by fan support after 'nightmare' loss of 'shining star'","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/cameron-boyces-family-overwhelmed-fan-support-nightmare-loss-64211103","id":64211103,"image":{"alt":"Boyce's family 'overwhelmed' by fan support after 'nightmare' loss of 'shining star'","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/cameron-boyce-abc-ml-190709_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"ABC","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"August 1, 2019","headline":"'Descendants 3' stars reflect on legacy of the late Cameron Boyce","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/descendants-stars-reflect-light-legacy-late-cameron-boyce-64689385","id":64689385,"image":{"alt":"'Descendants 3' stars reflect on legacy of the late Cameron Boyce","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/descendents-02-as-abc-190731_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Robert Zepeda/ABC News","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"August 2, 2019","headline":"How the 'Descendants 3' cast became an 'extended family' ","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/descendants-cast-extended-family-64722763","id":64722763,"image":{"alt":"How the 'Descendants 3' cast became an 'extended family' ","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/boyce-dedendants-gty-ps-190802_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Phillip Chin/WireImage/Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Cameron Boyce's parents on the death of their son","description":"Victor and Libby Boyce describe their late son as the \"bedrock of our family.\"","duration":"9:11","uploadDate":"08-14-2019","publication":"08-14-2019","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/08/190816_ntl_descendants_1239_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/08/190816_ntl_descendants_1239_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/cameron-boyces-parents-speak-death-epilepsy-define-64963970"}},"playlist":[{"id":"132510121","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132473181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132497933","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132281378","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132283010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132273278","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132231169","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132206748","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132200241","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054443","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132054798","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"132033010","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131912713","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131830583","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131834976","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554765","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131554815","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131543053","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131432442","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"131121474","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"Cameron Boyce's parents on the death of their son","pubTime":"09:23","pubDate":"08-14-2019","modTime":"03:37","modDate":"08-16-2019","taxonomyTags":"none","id":64963970,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Cameron Boyce's parents on the death of their son","mediaAssetTitle":"GMA_CAMERON BOYCE PARENTS PREVIEW CLIP_190814","videoId":64963970,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/cameron-boyces-parents-speak-death-epilepsy-define-64963970"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/64963970","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/64963970","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};