RIP Andreas Katsulas

[StarLightDeath]

What did Franklin die from?

[joncha]

I heart attack, IIRC.

[Zoid]

Aortic tear according to IMDb.

[Petek]

Here's a Usenet posting by the creator of Babylon5:

Just over a year ago, Andreas Katsulas -- who loved smoking with a
passion that cannot be described -- was diagnosed with lung cancer,
which by then had already spread to other areas. He quit smoking at
once and went on a healthy diet and vitamin program, but there was
little hope of a good resolution even though the new regimen was very
good for him. When we spoke about it, he laughed, and said, "Now that
I'm dying I've never felt better!"

His spirits were always up and positive, putting everyone at ease about
his condition, because...well, that's the kind of person he was.

A couple of months ago, he and his wife convened a dinner with me,
Doug, and Peter Jurasik, which was filled with laughter and stories and
good food. He wanted to know all the stories we never told him
because, as he said, "Who am I going to tell?" So we did. Because we
knew we were saying goodbye, and there would not be a second chance.

Last night, in the company of his wife and family, Andreas closed his
eyes and went away.

He lived an amazing life...full of travel and wonder and good
work...was part of the world renowned Peter Brook company...he saw the
planet, loved and was loved, ate at great restaurants, smoked too many
cigarettes...he lived a life some people would die for.

And, sadly, due to the last part of that equation...he did.

Memorial arrangements are still being worked out, but will doubtless be
private.

Andreas is gone...and G'Kar with him, because no one else can ever play
that role, or ever will.

I will miss him terribly.

J. Michael Straczynski

[Zoid]

At least he lived his life to the fullest. What´s the point of being a 120 years old if you´re not having fun? As they say it´s better to burn out than to fade away

[StarLightDeath]

It's like the last dinner with with Sheridan before he died.

[Zoid]

True. His time was up and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Everybody knew it and was ok with it. It´s an honorable death. It´s a death I wish I´ll have one day. Not dying in my own piss and **** in some nursing home, missed by no one.