Jeff Conaway’s passing has his friends and family already missing him, but staying hopeful that he’s “in a better place.”

As RadarOnline.com was first to report the 60-year-old actor sadly died on Friday morning after he was pulled from the life-support that sustained him after he’d slipped into a coma.

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Conaway’s first wife, Rona Newton John, (also his Grease co-star Olivia Newton John’s sister) told RadarOnline.com she was not with him in the hospital the moment he passed but had been there for the last couple weeks supporting him.

“I was not there today...but I’ve been there for the last two weeks. The whole thing is very sad,” Rona said.