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Business Upturn
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Upturn
Sistas Season 9: Release date rumors, cast updates and what to expect next
By Aman Shukla Published on June 17, 2025, 18:00 IST Last updated June 17, 2025, 10:35 IST Tyler Perry's Sistas has kept fans hooked with its perfect blend of drama, romance, and comedy since its debut in 2019. As one of BET's top scripted series, it follows a group of single Black women navigating love, careers, and friendships in Atlanta. With Season 8 ending on a jaw-dropping cliffhanger, anticipation for Sistas Season 9 is sky-high. Here's everything we know about the release date, cast updates, and what to expect in the upcoming season. Sistas Season 9 Release Date BET officially announced that Sistas Season 9 will premiere on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 9:00 PM ET/PT on BET and BET+. The confirmation came ahead of the Season 8 finale, which aired on March 12, 2025, sparking excitement across social media platforms. Fans have been eagerly counting down, with posts on X highlighting the premiere being just weeks away from mid-June 2025. Cast Updates for Sistas Season 9 The core cast of Sistas is expected to return, bringing back the beloved characters who drive the show's emotional and dramatic arcs. The main ensemble includes: KJ Smith as Andrea 'Andi' Barnes, the divorce attorney navigating complex relationships. Ebony Obsidian as Karen Mott, a salon owner dealing with complicated love triangles. Mignon Von as Daniella 'Danni' King, the fierce airline supervisor searching for love. Novi Brown as Sabrina Hollins, a bank supervisor facing romantic dilemmas. Crystal Renee Hayslett as Fatima Wilson-Taylor, Andi's assistant and Zac's wife. Devale Ellis as Zac Taylor, Karen's ex and Fatima's husband. Chido Nwokocha as Gary Marshall Borders, a central figure in the Season 8 stabbing mystery. Brian Jordan Jr. as Maurice Webb, Sabrina's supportive friend and coworker. Angela 'Angie' Beyincé as Pamela 'Pam' Malbrough, Karen's salon assistant. Branden Wellington as Tony King, Danni's love interest. Chris Warren as Hayden Moss, Fatima's colleague with a shady side. Monti Washington as Rich, Sabrina's new romantic prospect. Devin Way as Jordan Williams, Andi's love interest. Joi Symone as Tamara, entangled in Gary's schemes. Tonya Pinkins as Marie Willis, Hayden's lover. What to Expect in Sistas Season 9 The Season 8 finale, titled 'Before You Walk Out Of My Life,' left fans reeling with a deadly cliffhanger involving a shooting that put key characters like Zac or Andi at risk. Season 9 is poised to pick up on this tension, addressing the aftermath and revealing who survives. Here's what fans can anticipate based on the finale and official teasers: Cliffhanger Resolution: The Season 8 finale raised questions about the fate of major characters following a shooting. Fans are speculating whether Zac or Andi was hit, with many expressing hope that neither is killed off due to their central roles in the series. The emotional fallout will likely drive early episodes. Andi's Romantic Dilemma: Andi, played by KJ Smith, faces a pivotal decision about her relationship with Robin (Austin Scott). After receiving Fatima's blessing to pursue him, she left her law firm in high spirits, but the shooting could complicate her newfound optimism. Will she and Robin make it work, or will external forces intervene? Sabrina's Closure and Choices: Sabrina (Novi Brown) gets closure from a past lover but must decide her future with Rich (Monti Washington). Her journey of balancing love and personal growth will be a focal point. Ahmedabad Plane Crash Aman Shukla is a post-graduate in mass communication . A media enthusiast who has a strong hold on communication ,content writing and copy writing. Aman is currently working as journalist at
Harpers Bazaar Arabia
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Harpers Bazaar Arabia
Why Sound Therapy Could Be The Cure-All To The Modern Mental Health Crisis
Modern sound therapy — from baths to app to binaural beats — has exploded in popularity, promising everything from better sleep to reduced road rage. Why are we tuning in now? The term 'nervous breakdown' is no longer used – 'mental-health crisis' is the nomenclature du jour – but I think I had one two years ago. My journey into the psychological night was precipitated by a propensity for clinical depression and catalysed by the death of my father, the loss of two friends to suicide, and my husband's transition into a wheelchair after years of chronic illness. I don't believe that sound therapy cured me. I gradually escaped the darkness through medical intervention from a brilliant Russian psychiatrist who was well worth his exorbitant fee. But throughout my odyssey, I relied on sound-healing tools for comfort. I regularly attended in-person sound baths with a Los Angeles sound-bowl practitioner, Devon Cunningham, which helped me return to the world by lying on a mat in public, surrounded by strangers. At home, I soothed anxiety using a YouTube video with a very long title: 'Sleep Release [Insomnia Healing] Deeply Relaxing Sleep Music * Binaural Beats.' The 'Sleep Release' audio that accompanied me through what Emily Dickinson would call 'a funeral in my brain' was created by a musician from the Netherlands who, like Prince, is simply named Zac. Zac's YouTube channel, @SleepTube, offers a seemingly infinite collection of audio tracks with subtitles like 'Binaural Delta Brainwaves @2.0Hz' to alleviate worry and foster sleep. He has nearly a million subscribers, including one video ('The Deepest Healing Sleep | 3.2Hz Delta Brain Waves | REM Sleep Music – Binaural Beats') that has more than 45 million views. But Zac's free YouTube channel is only the tip of the contemporary sound-healing iceberg. International media music and intellectual-property giant Cutting Edge has launched a wellness division, Myndstream, and is currently partnering on wellness music with producer and rapper Timbaland, as well as on an album with Sigur Rós's Jónsi. In a 2023 interview with Harper's Bazaar, Reese Witherspoon espoused the benefits of falling asleep to binaural beats, and on a recent episode of Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast, actress Rashida Jones discussed using sound-wave technology to manage road rage. So why has sound healing, which has a 2,000-year history rooted in the singing bowls of Nepal, Tibet, and India, become so popular? What exactly is a binaural beat? And what does it do to our brains? Manuela Kogon, a clinical professor and integrative-medicine internist at the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine, describes binaural beats as an 'auditory illusion.' 'If you give the brain two different sounds that have different frequencies but are close together – within 30 hertz of each other – the brain is like, 'What the heck? There are two sounds. What am I supposed to do?'' she explains. 'The brain can't differentiate that. It can't say that it's two; it also can't say it's one. It just averages the difference and hallucinates a new sound. It's kind of funny.' The binaural beat may be newly viral, but Manuela points out that they've been around for more than a hundred years. A German scientist named Heinrich Wilhelm Dove discovered them and published a paper about his findings in 1839. Manuela, a self-described 'brain junkie,' has been studying them for decades; she digs out one of her papers from the '90s for me where she states that 'binaural beats have been purported to induce mood alterations, contingent on the beat frequency. Claims range from entraining the whole brain to altering states of consciousness.' Modern sound healing is not limited to binaural beats alone. Modalities include sound baths, guided meditation, tuning fork therapy, vibroacoustic therapy, audiovisual technology, and music therapy, and the espoused results range from mood enhancement, sleep improvement, stress reduction, and relaxation to wilder claims of destroying cancer cells and manifesting wealth. A binaural beat or sound bath has not been proven to cure cancer or make you rich, but the beneficial effects of sound healing, according to Manuela, involve 'modulating physiology, including blood pressure, heart rate, respiration, EEG … altering immune and endocrine function, and improving pain, anxiety, fatigue, and depression and have been extensively studied.' Like many alternative wellness treatments, sound therapy seems to have increased in popularity during Covid. 'We were all stuck at home,' says New York based practitioner Lavender Suarez, author of the book Transcendent Waves: How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives. 'So how could we get these same healing tools?' A sound-healing practitioner for 10 years and an experimental musician for 20, with an academic background in counselling and art therapy, Lavender uses physical instruments like gongs, often in repetitive patterns that function in similar brain-entraining ways to digital audio fi les. She's wary, though, of the claims tossed around related to sound frequencies. 'When people are prescriptive about sound frequencies, I'm like, hold on. Brain waves and sound waves are not in direct correlation,' she says. 'I think the interest in specific frequencies comes from our culture's obsession with data. We want that single-shot fix that's always been building in the wellness industry. How do we get to things quicker, faster? 'I only have X amount of time.'' The impact of sound on healing may be just as much about the recipient's goals as it is about the healer's design. 'It's more about the intentions you're putting behind these binaural beats when you're listening,' Lavender says. 'When people are listening to these essentially generic audio fi les online, they're taking what they're bringing into it. The creator is trying to steer the intention by saying, 432 Hz for self-love. You go into it thinking, 'Okay, self-love.' But you could listen to binaural beats for sleep and go for a jog.' I spoke with Robert Koch, an official musical partner of the Monroe Institute, which bills itself as 'the world's leading education center for the study of human consciousness' and has extensive programming around sound technology to 'empower the journey to self-discovery.' Robert, who goes by the stage name Robot Koch, is an L.A.-based composer, producer, and sonic innovator who began his career as a heavy-metal drummer. He now embeds signals produced by the Monroe Institute into his compositions. 'I'm my own guinea pig,' says Robert. 'I try these things on myself, and I can tell when something works on my nervous system because I get more relaxed.' Robert sent me a Spotify link to one of his Monroe Institute collaborations, titled Ocean Consciousness. I found the track relaxing and sleep-inducing, though the sirenic voices peppered throughout the piece made me melancholic. Maybe that's the point. 'It's powerful when people write to me about experiences they've had with my music helping them move through something emotional,' says Robert. 'Music isn't just entertainment. It's a language that speaks to the subconscious.' Virginia-based sound therapist and musician Guy Blakeslee works with clients on everything from alleviating anxiety and increasing physical energy to manifesting love and assisting with fertility issues. Guy interviews his clients and then creates personalised 'sonic talismans' using custom blends of sounds, including Mellotron and Nord synthesizer tones, dolphin and whale sounds, honeybee sounds and a heartbeat. 'Have you ever gotten anyone pregnant?' I ask him. 'I have met the baby,' he says. Guy always believed in the healing properties of music, but it wasn't until he was hit by a car and suff ered a traumatic brain injury that he began pursuing music as therapy. 'It was March 13th 2020, and I was unconscious in the hospital when lockdown took effect,' he says. 'I woke up in the pandemic with this brain injury and spent most of my time using music and sound to guide myself through the recovery process. I found that long, sustaining tones were healing and soothing. I went on to get certifi ed through an online course. What I learned was what I'd intuitively discovered in my own recovery.' Musician, heal thyself. My sound practitioner, Devon Cunningham, who has played her singing bowls for Hermès and Dartmouth College and in outreach programs for Los Angeles County, also describes her trajectory from a job in real estate to sound-bowl practitioner as healing. Devon went on a plant-medicine retreat in Ecuador with her 80-something-year-old mother, and it was there that she first began playing the singing bowls. She found that sound healing provided additional benefits for her chronic lung disease. 'The bowls saved my life,' she says. When Devon ordered new quartz-crystal bowls for a residency at Colgate University, she discovered that 432 Hz, had a heightened impact on healing. 'I witnessed people having experiences with these new 432 bowls that I hadn't seen with my 440 Hz bowls. Ever since then, I've been on the 432, and I've seen miracle after miracle.' While Devon's results with the god frequency are experiential, a 2022 study by researchers at University of Florence and Careggi University Hospital that was published in the journal Acto Biomedica concluded, 'Listening to music at 432 Hz is a low cost and short intervention that can be a useful resource to manage anxiety and stress.' Robert Koch composes music with a frequency called the Schumann resonance: a natural phenomenon, also known as the Earth's heartbeat, that has a fundamental frequency of 7.83 Hz. He's also pursuing vibroacoustics, where listeners feel sounds in their bodies. 'Einstein said that music is the medicine of the future,' he notes. 'Vibration. And I think we're just scratching the surface.' I, myself, am no Einstein. Maybe this is why I find Brainwaves – the most popular binaural-beats app in the Apple App Store – overwhelming. Upon downloading the app, I'm asked which goals I hope to achieve, and I'm given an abundance of choices: Body Wellness, Binaural Sleep, Relax and Calm, Spiritual Awakening. Who doesn't want all of these things? I go with Spiritual Awakening and am brought to another page, where my path to enlightenment is broken down into still more categories: Connection with a Higher Power, Fulfillment and Meaning, Self- Understanding and Clarity. As an existentially challenged person, I choose Fulfillment and Meaning, but then I get FOMO and go back to the beginning. Rather than soothing my nervous system, the choices give me more anxiety. This choose-your-own-adventure approach is unsurprising, given that some of the latest sound-healing tools emerged from gaming. SoundSelf, an interactive audiovisual therapeutic, uses video-game technology, vocal-toning biofeedback, and generative soundscapes to induce drug-free psychedelic states. On Zoom, I meet with the audio director for the digital therapeutics company SoundSelf, Lorna Dune, a Milwaukee-based sound designer and electronic musician. Lorna walks me through several experiments with immersive audiovisual tech. First, we tinker with bilateral light signals: a visual version of binaural beats purported to induce brainwave states like theta (associated with relaxation) and delta (emitted during deep sleep). The light signals make me anxious. But to be fair, a lot of things make me anxious. We then play with binaural beats at varying frequencies, and this experiment is much more successful. As we transition from an alpha (alert but relaxed) to theta, I feel a palpable shift to a more serene physiological state. Maybe this is the power of suggestion, but I could stay here all afternoon. 'Just like with binaural beats, you can look at dance music and how when we're all moving together to one rhythm, we synchronise,' says Lorna. She adds, 'Our brain wants to synchronise. It's normal behaviour that we've been displaced from in modern society. But we find it again through festivals and in pop culture. We say, 'Oh, it's something new.' No, it's actually just who we are.' Of course, we can't always be at a rave. Or in a sound bath. 'I'm happy for people to receive care in whatever way they can, as long as it's not detrimental,' says Manuela. 'I'm not like, 'No, don't listen to the YouTube audio.' If that's what's working for you, go for it.' The takeaway, says Robert, is that 'acoustic therapies make people feel better, and it might be as simple as that the relaxation happens through focusing on sound, or associated imagery, rather than stressful thoughts, which most of us have too many of these days.' Two years later, I am still listening to the same YouTube audio from Zac's channel. Sometimes I even sleep soundly.
New York Post
5 days ago
- Health
- New York Post
Why you should stop eating these spices right now
QUESTION: Dear Dr. Zac, I've been taking blood pressure medication for years without any issues – but I recently read that common spices I love and frequently use like ginger and black pepper can interfere with all types of medications. Now I'm starting to wonder: have my daily meals been affecting my meds this whole time? Or am I now just being paranoid to think my spice rack is doing more harm than good? – Warwick, 48, Canberra Advertisement 4 Dr. Zac answers a question about spices to avoid while on medications. master1305 – ANSWER: Dear Warwick, I've got some spicy news for you – you're not being paranoid. You may have been cooking up a storm, but some of your pantry favorites might have been quietly stirring up trouble in your bloodstream. This is one of those alarming but fascinating medical blind spots that very few people talk about. While your spice rack might look innocent, the truth is that many everyday spices pack serious pharmacological punch. That's right – your humble curry powder could be moonlighting as a biochemist, tweaking your enzyme levels while you're just trying to enjoy dinner. Let's break this down. Advertisement Black pepper: The enzyme hijacker 4 According to Dr. Zac, regularly consuming 2–4 tablespoons of black pepper or using high-dose pepper supplements can mess with medications. lena_zajchikova – You know that satisfying little crack of the pepper mill? Behind that spicy pop is piperine, a compound that slows down enzymes responsible for breaking down medications. If you're on medications like propranolol or phenytoin, this could result in dangerously high drug levels in your system. While small amounts are usually safe, regularly consuming 2–4 tablespoons (yes, tablespoons!) of black pepper or popping high-dose pepper supplements can mess with your meds in a big way. Advertisement Garlic: Blood pressure's double agent Garlic is known for helping lower blood pressure – but for people already on blood pressure meds, this can become a double whammy. Too much garlic can cause your BP to drop too low, leaving you dizzy, faint, or worse. It also acts as a blood thinner, making it a risky companion to Warfarin or Aspirin. Ginger, turmeric and friends: The bleeders 4 'Turmeric's curcumin and ginger's gingerols can thin your blood, interfere with how drugs are absorbed,' Dr. Zac said. Alexander Ruiz – Advertisement Ginger and turmeric are the golden children of wellness influencers, but they too carry hidden dangers. Turmeric's curcumin and ginger's gingerols can thin your blood, interfere with how drugs are absorbed, and even raise levels of immune suppressants like tacrolimus. If you're on blood thinners, these spices could unintentionally supercharge your medication's effects – and not in a good way. Cinnamon, cloves and licorice: The silent saboteurs Cassia cinnamon, the kind most commonly found in your local supermarket, contains coumarin, which can damage the liver in large amounts. Cloves contain eugenol, which can also affect the liver and interfere with blood clotting. Licorice? That sweet little herbal tea ingredient can raise your blood pressure and cause fluid retention – definitely not ideal when you're on antihypertensive. 4 Dr. Zac advises that small amounts of seasoning are safe, unlike taking specific spice supplements. Angelina Zinovieva – So, should we all be terrified of tacos now? Absolutely not. Culinary doses – what you'd normally sprinkle into a stir-fry or curry – are almost always safe. It's when people start adding supplements, drinking liters of turmeric lattes, or chewing raw garlic like it's gum, that we start to see real medical consequences. Your best defense? Have a chat with your GP or pharmacist if you're on long-term medication. Ask whether any of your go-to herbs and spices might be interfering. And please, don't panic and toss your spice rack into the bin – just use your herbs with knowledge and care. Advertisement Because while spices can heal, boost, and flavor our lives, taken the wrong way they can also sabotage our health quietly, slowly … and without us realizing. So Warwick, your instincts were bang on. Your spice rack could be messing with your med -but now that you know, you can eat wisely and season with sense. Stay healthy (and mildly seasoned) – Dr. Zac
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Brokers Suggest Investing in Shopify (SHOP): Read This Before Placing a Bet
When deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock, investors often rely on analyst recommendations. Media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts often influence a stock's price, but are they really important? Let's take a look at what these Wall Street heavyweights have to say about Shopify (SHOP) before we discuss the reliability of brokerage recommendations and how to use them to your advantage. Shopify currently has an average brokerage recommendation (ABR) of 1.76, on a scale of 1 to 5 (Strong Buy to Strong Sell), calculated based on the actual recommendations (Buy, Hold, Sell, etc.) made by 45 brokerage firms. An ABR of 1.76 approximates between Strong Buy and Buy. Of the 45 recommendations that derive the current ABR, 28 are Strong Buy and two are Buy. Strong Buy and Buy respectively account for 62.2% and 4.4% of all recommendations. Check price target & stock forecast for Shopify here>>> The ABR suggests buying Shopify, but making an investment decision solely on the basis of this information might not be a good idea. According to several studies, brokerage recommendations have little to no success guiding investors to choose stocks with the most potential for price appreciation. Are you wondering why? The vested interest of brokerage firms in a stock they cover often results in a strong positive bias of their analysts in rating it. Our research shows that for every "Strong Sell" recommendation, brokerage firms assign five "Strong Buy" recommendations. In other words, their interests aren't always aligned with retail investors, rarely indicating where the price of a stock could actually be heading. Therefore, the best use of this information could be validating your own research or an indicator that has proven to be highly successful in predicting a stock's price movement. Zacks Rank, our proprietary stock rating tool with an impressive externally audited track record, categorizes stocks into five groups, ranging from Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) to Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell), and is an effective indicator of a stock's price performance in the near future. Therefore, using the ABR to validate the Zacks Rank could be an efficient way of making a profitable investment decision. Although both Zacks Rank and ABR are displayed in a range of 1--5, they are different measures altogether. Broker recommendations are the sole basis for calculating the ABR, which is typically displayed in decimals (such as 1.28). The Zacks Rank, on the other hand, is a quantitative model designed to harness the power of earnings estimate revisions. It is displayed in whole numbers -- 1 to 5. Analysts employed by brokerage firms have been and continue to be overly optimistic with their recommendations. Since the ratings issued by these analysts are more favorable than their research would support because of the vested interest of their employers, they mislead investors far more often than they guide. In contrast, the Zacks Rank is driven by earnings estimate revisions. And near-term stock price movements are strongly correlated with trends in earnings estimate revisions, according to empirical research. Furthermore, the different grades of the Zacks Rank are applied proportionately across all stocks for which brokerage analysts provide earnings estimates for the current year. In other words, at all times, this tool maintains a balance among the five ranks it assigns. There is also a key difference between the ABR and Zacks Rank when it comes to freshness. When you look at the ABR, it may not be up-to-date. Nonetheless, since brokerage analysts constantly revise their earnings estimates to reflect changing business trends, and their actions get reflected in the Zacks Rank quickly enough, it is always timely in predicting future stock prices. Looking at the earnings estimate revisions for Shopify, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year has remained unchanged over the past month at $1.40. Analysts' steady views regarding the company's earnings prospects, as indicated by an unchanged consensus estimate, could be a legitimate reason for the stock to perform in line with the broader market in the near term. The size of the recent change in the consensus estimate, along with three other factors related to earnings estimates, has resulted in a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for Shopify. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stocks here >>>> It may therefore be prudent to be a little cautious with the Buy-equivalent ABR for Shopify. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Shopify Inc. (SHOP) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
STV News
12-06-2025
- Health
- STV News
Motherwell FC lead tributes to seven-year-old who died following lung transplant
Tributes have been paid across Scotland to a seven-year-old boy from Motherwell who has tragically died just weeks after receiving a lung transplant. Zac Gunn, from Motherwell, was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in 2019, a rare condition that affects the heart and lungs. The youngster, who doctors said had always exceeded expectations, received a lung transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London on May 17. Zac passed away surrounded by his loved ones on Monday, June 9. The seven-year-old, who had been dubbed a 'wee warrior', won over the hearts of his doctors and was awarded the Child of Courage prize at the Pride of Scotland Awards in 2022. With tributes pouring in, his loss has been felt across the country, and a JustGiving page has been set up for those who want to donate money that will go to the Gunn family. Among those paying tribute is Motherwell FC, who confirmed they will be making a significant contribution to the fund. They wrote on their club website: 'Zac Gunn, a devoted young Motherwell supporter, was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension in 2019, a rare condition impacting the heart and lungs. 'His journey resonated deeply with many, showcasing his incredible courage and inspiring those around him. 'Tragically, Zac passed away earlier this month, and we are reaching out to the broader football community to unite in support of the Gunn family during this difficult time. 'Our goal is to raise sufficient funds to help his parents, Gordon and Ashley, provide Zac with the farewell he truly deserves. 'Though he will be greatly missed, his legacy will live on.' STV News 'Wee warrior' Zac Gunn won the Pride of Scotland Award Staff at Cathedral Primary School remembered Zac as the 'most beautiful, gracious and courageous boy'. A statement from the school read: 'It is with a heavy heart and much sadness that I share the news that Zac Gunn passed away on the evening of Monday June 9, surrounded by his mum, dad, and gran. Zac received a lung transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital on May 17. 'During his short life, Zac lifted the spirits and brought deep joy to more people than most of us could ever hope to touch in our lifetime. Zac was, quite simply, the most beautiful, gracious and courageous boy I ever encountered and he never failed to live his wee life to the absolute full. 'Zac leaves a huge hole in each of our hearts and in the Cathedral school community. He will be sorely missed. 'We send our sincere condolences to Zac's family, particularly to his mum and dad, big brother and gran, assuring them of our love and prayers at this sad and difficult time. 'There wasn't a more devout wee boy than Zac. We ask Jesus to receive him into his loving arms in heaven, where there will be no more tears, pain or suffering.' The charity AR26 said that Zac's legacy will live on. They wrote: 'We are deeply saddened to share that Zac Gunn, our first AR26 Experience beneficiary and a huge inspiration behind this programme, has passed away. 'The Gunn family have been a huge part of the AR26 journey and Zac's legacy will live on, to know him was to love him – a true inspiration. 'Our thoughts and support are with the Gunn family at this heartbreaking time.' Musical duo Saint Phnx described Zac as a 'true warrior'. They said: 'Our hearts are sore and heavy hearing of the passing of a special young fan. 'Zac Gunn you showed strength like no other – a true warrior who touched the lives of everyone around him with his courage, bravery and light. To his incredible family – our hearts are with you. 'Happy place will forever carry your spirit Zac.' You can donate to Zac's GoFundMe here. Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
