Christian Cousins, former child actor who played Dominic in 'Kindergarten Cop,' dead at 43

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Set us as preferred Christian Cousins, the former child actor who starred as Dominic Palmieri in the 1990 movie “Kindergarten Cop,” has died.He was 43.The actor’s half-brother, Jonas Roeser, announced the death on social media last month, writing that Cousins “had been very sick with liver disease.” Cousins and his twin brother, Joseph, starred alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Kindergarten Cop,” with the boys trading off in their portrayal of Dominic, the son of a dangerous drug dealer who had gone into hiding with his mother, Joyce.

Schwarzenegger’s character, a Los Angeles police detective, goes undercover as a kindergarten teacher, falls for fellow teacher Joyce and becomes a father figure to Dominic.“It’s hard to share that my brother, Christian Cousins, has passed away,” Roeser wrote on Instagram.

“Christian and his twin brother, Joseph ‘Joey’ Cousins, are my brothers through my biological father.They grew up in California while I was in Washington and I didn’t get to know them until I was in college.

Roeser wrote that he grew up watching the twins on the CBS soap opera “Knots Landing” but that the acting roles were “only a small part of how I’ll remember Christian.”“He was a character, full of passion and energy, with big stories and even bigger dreams,” Roeser wrote, adding that it “brings me comfort to believe he is now in heaven with his mother, free from the pain he was carrying.” “Rest easy, Christian,” he wrote.“I hope your soul is at rest and that you’ve found peace.

You are my brother and you will be missed.”According to Cousins’ Facebook page, he was living in East Irvine and has struggled with health issues in recent years.Alongside a 2017 photograph of him cheekily lighting two cigarillos, he commented years later: “The good old days when ...