The “Starship Troopers” actor died at 57 after he was found unconscious inside his home.

Patrick Muldoon’s sister shares last video actor sent his family before death: ‘His spirit is all around me’

The "Starship Troopers" actor died at 57 after he was found unconscious inside his home.

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Patrick Muldoon; the late actor in Shana Muldoon's Instagram tribute. Credit:

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- Patrick Muldoon's sister, Shana Muldoon Zappa, shared a sweet video the late *Starship Troopers* actor sent his family just before his death.

- "I know he loves this earthly realm and all he created within it," she wrote in a tribute to him.

- Muldoon died at 57 on Sunday after he was found unconscious inside his home.

Patrick Muldoon's sister, Shana Muldoon Zappa, has paid tribute to her brother days after his sudden death, sharing a video from the actor with his fans.

Zappa took to social media on Wednesday to post a clip Muldoon shared with their family just before he died.

"This was the last video my brother sent to our constant family group chat — from [Saturday] night at [the] LACMA opening," she wrote alongside the clip.

In the video, Muldoon shows Domenico Zampieri's 1622 work *Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta *on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "It's a beautiful painting," Muldoon says in the clip, before doing his Loyola High School football chant. "I think that's what he was thinking in the picture, actually."

In the post's caption, Zappa revealed that Muldoon "loved" Saint Ignatius because "he was kind of the cool guy, good time guy who was still able to become a saint."

Patrick Muldoon at the 'Starship Troopers' cast panel at Comic-Con 2025 in Los Angeles.

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"As always, he jokes... and yet profoundly brings all things into one moment — the jokester, the artist, the football player, and the intensely spiritually connected, Jesuit-educated, incredible being that is Patrick Muldoon," Zappa wrote. "My best friend. The best brother/son/uncle anyone could ever possibly ask for."

Zappa wrote that she would have "so much more to share" with her followers. "I know he loves this earthly realm and all he created within it," she wrote, "including all of the love and light his spirit is now receiving through all of you."

"We will eventually have details on when and where we will celebrate him. But now we are still processing," she added. "I continue to speak of him in present tense. Because his spirit is all around me. He just changed forms💫🙏🏼💚."

Muldoon died at age 57 on Sunday, and while details surrounding his death were not immediately available, his manager provided the date of his death to *Variety*, and Zappa told TMZ that the star was found unconscious in a bathroom where he was showering inside his Beverly Hills home.

Zappa said her sibling went to shower shortly after having coffee with his girlfriend, who later found him on the floor of the bathroom when she went to check on him.

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As news of Muldoon's death broke, his peers and friends shared their memories of the actor and celebrated his life on social media.

*Days of Our Lives *and *General Hospital *star Kate Mansi, who was close friends with Muldoon, posted an emotional tribute to the late star in an Instagram Story. "My husband woke me up from London very early this morning when he saw the news, so I didn't wake up to it while scrolling. I'm so stuck," Mansi wrote. "As evidenced by how many people feel this way, Muldoon left an impact on everyone he knew."

She added, "@Thepatrickmuldoon had a phrase he'd say when you reached a new portal in your life. He'd say: 'You popped your consciousness!' To the original Cali boy rocker, love you forever. No one LIVED and LOVED like you."

Patrick Muldoon at the 2025 Best Buddies Celebrity Bowling Event on Dec. 7, 2025.

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Actress and *The* *Real Housewives of Beverly Hills* alum Denise Richards — who starred with the actor in the 1997 sci-fi cult favorite *Starship Troopers* before they dated — remembered him in a heartfelt statement posted to Instagram on Tuesday.

"This is so hard for me to put into words. I am deeply heartbroken & devastated losing you. You were my best friend & my family," Richards wrote in the post in part, which also contained various images of the former couple. "We met in our first acting class. I was 19. Never had an acting job. And you were 21, a student at USC doing a recurring role on *Who's the Boss*. And here we are. 36 years later. My whole adult life & I don't know it without you."

She continued, "We thought we'd live forever, or at least into our 90s. Schweetbabe, I will be looking for those signs. I need to know you're still here with me. I love you so much & miss you dearly, Schweetbabe."

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Two days before his death, Muldoon announced on Instagram that he was an executive producer on the upcoming thriller *Kockroach, *starring Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, Zazie Beetz, and Alec Baldwin.

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