B5 actor Richard Biggs has died
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Here is the article I posted a link to.
Babylon 5 actor dies
AOL News/CNN
Richard Biggs,who played Dr. Steven Franklin on "Babylon 5" and also had a long run on the soap opera "Days of our lives," Died Saturday. He was 44 according to the actors website.
A posting on a "Babylon 5" message board by J.Micheal Straczynaki, the sci-fi shows creator, said the cause of death has not been determined but that "paramedics who showed up at the scene suggested it was either an aneurysm or a massive stroke."
Biggs,a graduate of the University of Southern California School of Theatre, gained his first major exposure as Dr.Marcus Hunter on "Days of our Lives." He was on the NBC show for five years.
He also appeared on Lifetime's "Any Day Now" and "Strong Medicine" Most recently he played Clayton Boudreaux on the CBS soap opera "Guiding Light."
"Babylon 5" fans and staff were shocked by his passing.
"Richard was a consummate professional,but more than that he was an honorable stand up guy" Straczynski wrote in his posting. "He was quite simply a terrific guy, and everyone here is just devastated at the news."
Biggs is survived by his wife,Lori Gerber,and two sons.
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Originally posted by UFO:
Sad news.
What's almost as sad is that there are 13X more posts from people bitching about Enterprise than recoginzing Richard Biggs' work on one of the best SF shows ever.
Hey, I think it's more because, well, what can you say except "He's dead? Oh, that sucks."
Which I just said.
Now to prove myself wrong; B5 was, and is, one of the greatest SF shows ever, and Biggs' contribution was no small part of it. His character wasn't one of the major movers or shakers of B5 the way Garibaldi or Sheridan were, but he was a consistent and sturdy presence in the ensemble.
I recall his gradual descent into drug addiction, which lead up to the "Walkabout" story arc; his amusingly rough-edged relatonship with Marcus Cole ("This is the kind of conversation that can only end with a gunshot."), and the way he Sherlocked down Garibaldi's attempt at smuggling Italian Food onto the station. (I have a Jones for Bagna Caldo to this day due to that episode.)
He was a good, solid actor, and he will be missed.
"You can't enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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JMS just posted briefly on the funeral, attended by all of Richard's colleagues and friends, including the vast majority of the B5 cast.
I'll post on the other news elsewhere.
"I threw up on your bed"
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I am just finding this out now. Wow. I had no idea. That was the same week that I watched the episode he did commentary for on the Season 3 dvds.
How very very sad and very very young.
Goddess keep him until he returns to us.
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