Raphael Coleman who starred in 'Nanny McPhee' dies at age 25

Raphael Coleman, who starred in 2005 film Nanny McPhee, has died, his mother said. He was 25.  

Taking to Twitter, Coleman’s mother, Liz Jenson, wrote: “Rest in peace my beloved son Raphael Coleman, aka Iggy Fox. He died doing what he loved, working for the noblest cause of all. His family could not be prouder. Let’s celebrate all he achieved in his short life and cherish his legacy.”

While the exact cause of his death was not immediately known, Coleman's stepfather said in a Facebook post that the former child actor “collapsed without prior health problems in the middle of a trip and could not be restored.”

At age 10, Coleman essayed the role of Eric Brown, one of the seven siblings in Nanny McPhee in which Emma Thompson starred as the nanny.

Liz Jenson's tweet also accompanied an essay which her son wrote for the organization Extinction Rebellion, in which he explained why he turned to activism.

“As an activist my voice could be far more influential than it had been as a scientist,” he wrote.

“RIP Iggy Fox, aka Raphael Coleman,” his mother wrote in another tweet, “he knew that we are all already in Heaven, right here on Earth.”