EASTENDERS star Max Bowden ‘can’t sleep’ and is in ‘pain’ as he struggles with grief after the death of his best friend. The 27-year-old actor - who plays Ben Mitchell in the BBC soap - was left devastated in September last year when his pal Maxwell Alexander Grey Thompson died suddenly.
His death came just months after two of his other close pals passed away, and more than a year on, grief is still hitting Max hard.
Taking to his Instagram Stories, Max shared a picture of him and Maxwell smiling for a photo and wrote across it: "Grief is so odd. "Have had an amazing day.
Have felt great. And now can't sleep, and feel in such pain from loss. "I think it's really important to share how we feel. @hussainmanawer taught me that.
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