Andrew Stern

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'Andrew was an adored son, cherished friend, successful businessman, adventurous athlete, passionate animal rights activist & humanitarian. No one is without flaws, but Andrew was a giving and generous spirit who touched so many lives in a positive way. For those of us who loved him, there will never be an answer to"why?" We choose to honor his memory by remembering how he lived, not how he died, ' they said.Another source, who has known Andrew for around 10 years, said the businessman suffered from OCD and depression.The source thinks the balance of his medication may have been harmed when he came off testosterone and Human Growth Hormone (HGH) a few months ago.The source said: 'I think he had OCD and battled with depression. He was on medication. I think he's been on medication a long time. He started taking testosterone and HGH. I think he was working out a lot, a lot of guys take testosterone when they work out but it messes with the balance of everything too. He came off it within the last few months but he was never irritable around me, he was always cool.The source thinks Andrew was taking the hormones for "working out" purposes and had not heard he was doing it to improve his libido as has been reported.Speaking about his break-up with his wife, the source added Andrew was 'heartbroken':'They have been separated for a few months. I don't know what happened. She was the one that wanted the divorce.'I just knew her through Andrew. It's hard to tell when you're on the outside when they were last happy.'I think he really was heartbroken, I don't know why she left him but I think he wanted to try to figure out how to make it work. He was so upset over it, he just could not get over it, he could not mentally move on.'The source said the photos of Katie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Entourage star Adrian Grenier didn’t helpThe source said: 'I don't think she did anything with Leonardo. She was very passionate about her animals, she did a documentary called 'Give Me Shelter', so everyone she meets she is handing out DVDs, so I think with Leo she was just pushing her animal agenda.'She works non-stop on animal stuff. Leo has that girlfriend so I don't think anything happened between them at all. At the same time she is being shot by the paparazzi at a film festival and he's at home dealing with all the mental stuff, so it probably did not help.'The source added that they had never known Andrew to be into guns and thinks the visit to the shooting range was purely a suicide mission.He said: “He was not at all into guns or that kind of stuff he was into animals and his dogs and helping people.I think he just went there to do it.I heard he had been shooting there for a little bit and then turned the gun on his head.”Paying tribute to Andrew, the friend said: “He was a really smart business guy, he made a ton of money. He was super smart, he was always so generous, he never lets anyone pay for anything, he doesn't think twice.'He played tennis, I think he was going to be a professional tennis player at one point.'He was super friendly to everyone around him, just a great guy, with a great heart. He is going to be really missed.”Another friend told MailOnline that he was already on a dark descent when he realized he couldn't hold on to his 'dream girl'.'Andrew changed at the beginning of the year, ' the source told MailOnline. 'He worked more and socialized less. He began investing even more money and more time into his charity and fundraising work... He got sad. Sadder.'The friend explained that something was 'broken' in him and no matter how he tried to fight it - with eating well, exercise or counseling sessions - he couldn't shake it.His struggling married to Cleary was not to blame for his suicide but just added to his pain because of the fantasy he had about their life together, the friend said.'But the marriage wasn't based on pure, unadulterated, love. Wasn't solely based on the forever do us part love, ' the source said. 'He knew what he was getting into when he started even dating Katie. She's too pretty. She's just too pretty. And she's just too charismatic and affable and kind that Andrew knew he couldn't keep her to himself.'I'm not saying Katie did anything. If she did, I didn't know about it. But he couldn't really have her like he wanted her. Like his fantasy of her. He would talk about her in ideal terms. He idolized her and wanted her to himself, maybe a little too much. He wouldn't show it. He gave her all the freedom she wanted for her career. But he realized he wasn't the only one with eyes for her and wanting her and it deepened his pain.'