Bill Beckwith, co-star of HGTV’s Curb Appeal, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Monday night in San Francisco.
Beckwith was riding through the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood, on Monday, when a vehicle struck his motorcycle. Police confirmed that Beckwith suffered head trauma during the accident and died shortly after arriving at the hospital.
HGTV released a statement through an e-mail saying that they would miss Beckwith’s “creativity, adventurous spirit, and general love of life.” “The HGTV family is deeply saddened by Bill’s tragic death and we mourn his loss along with his many family and friends who will miss his creativity, adventurous spirit and general love of life,” the statement read.
HGTV and Curb Appeal also took to their official Twitter and Facebook profiles to offer their condolences to Beckwith’s family.
HGTV tweeted: “We are deeply saddened by the news of the tragic death of Curb Appeal’s Bill Beckwith. We join his family and friends in mourning his loss.”
Curb Appeal’s Facebook post reads: “We are heartbroken. Bill was truly a beloved and respected member of our Curb Appeal family and this loss is devastating to us. We send our deepest and most sincere condolences to Bill’s family.”
We are deeply saddened by the news of the tragic death of Curb Appeal's Bill Beckwith. We join his family and friends in mourning his loss.
— HGTV (@hgtv) December 4, 2013