Karen remembered her late friend in an emotional statement to PEOPLE. "I will always remember Matt as the radiant, compassionate 17-year-old I met so many years ago. His genuine heart and boundless energy lifted everyone around him.

Matthew Byars, a talent manager who appeared on “The Real Housewives of Potomac,” has died at age 37, People reports. A cause of his death have not been confirmed. Byars first appeared during Season 3 in 2018 alongside Karen Huger, who told Bravo’s The Daily Dish at the time that they “work together.”

"They don't make them like us. I wish I could have saved you," the "RHONJ" star wrote on social media while memorializing her friend.