(CNN)Dylan Rieder, a professional skateboarder and model, has died at the age of 28, according to his father, Joe Rieder.
Reider died Wednesday due to complications from leukemia, his family said.
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“His passion for life, art, music, fashion and skateboarding has always been contagious,” the statement said. “Dylan will be remembered by all as a loving son, brother and friend.”
The Westminster, California, native began skating at age 9 and won the 2001 Damn Am contest when he was 13.
At 18 he turned pro and appeared in Transworld Skateboarding’s “A Time To Shine.”
Rieder also worked as a model, appearing in a DKNY ad campaign in 2014.
Several celebrities, including rapper Lil Wayne and rocker Ozzy Osbourne, tweeted their condolences.
He is survived by his parents and a sister.
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