India, Dec. 24 -- On Monday, the video gaming community was devastated to learn about the tragic death of the video game designer Vince Zampella, the architect of Activision's Call of Duty series of games. Zampella died Sunday, December (Dec. 21) in a car accident in Los Angeles.

The sudden and unexpected death has left Zampella's family and friends grieving. On Tuesday, one of Zampella's high-profile friends, actor Emelia Hartford, paid tribute to Zampella, describing him as her "best friend." She shared a video of the compilation of her moments with the Zampella over the years, and posted it with a heartbreaking caption.

"A family lost their father, an industry lost a legend, and I lost my best friend," Emelia Hartford wrote in the ca...