File photo: Christina Applegate attended "Over Her Dead Body" Los Angeles Premiere at ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, CA on January 29, 2008. (Picture credit: Albert Ortega/PR Photos)
In a statement issued to USmagazine.com, Christina Applegate said, "I am profoundly saddened .Lee was an incredible human being who was an extremely important and beautiful part of my life. He is missed beyond words. He touched so many and I feel much sadness for his mother, father, brother, and all of his family and friends."
File photo: Christina Applegate and former husband Jonathan Schaech attended 2004 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeleson September 12, 2004. (Picture credit: PR Photos)
Lee Gravis, 26, was a fisherman and skateboarder from Alaska. He was also an aspiring photographer.
File photo: Christina Applegate and former husband Jonathan Schaech attended 12th Annual ESPY Awards at Kodak Theatre, Hollywood, CA on July 14, 2004. (Picture credit: PR Photos)
Lee Gravis met Christina Applegate, 36, in the autumn of 2005 after he was introduced by an acquaintace to the actress who at the time was performing on her Broadway show Sweet Charity.
File Photo: Christina Applegate and former husband Jonathan Schaech attended A Family Affair: Women in Film Celebrates the Paltrow Family' With 2004 Crystal and Lucy Awards at Westin Century Plaza Hotel, Century City on June 18, 2004. (Picture credit: PR Photos)
"We're very happy with each other. I like making her smile and she likes making me smile. It's really innocent and fun." Lee Gravis told to the People back in December, 2005. Click here to see the picture showing Lee Gravis carrying a black bikini-clad Christina Applegate, you will know what Gravis indicated.
File Photo: Christina Applegate and Ben Affleck were seen hugging on the premiere "Surviving Christmas" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, CA on October 14, 2004. (Picture credit: PR Photos)
Lee Gravis and Christina Applegate did not always get along well, instead, they went did suffer from the rocky on-again, off-again relationship because of Gravis's habits of addicting heroin and alcohol.