Jeff conaway taken off life support this afternoon.

[Dar70]

Doctors say hes brain dead. RIP Jeff.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Jeez....just terrible.

Not really surprising, given what little I saw of Celebrity Rehab (it only took about 10 minutes for me to see where he was at, which was 'not good')...but very sad nonetheless. Clearly, there were a lot of demons there....

Another death in the Babylon 5 ranks.

 

[Kirby]

Rest in Peace, Jeff.

 

[cpicard]

May he rest in peace.

 

[Harry Palmer]

That's a shame.

 

[Australis]

Yeah, damn shame.

 

[Davros]

RIP

 

[ManOnTheWave]

Sad.

 

[Admiral James Kirk]

Poor bastard.

 

[Pingfah]

He apparently was not taken off life support due to his girlfriend who has power of attorney preventing it.

 

[ElBurro]

So sad

 

[Finn]

RIP, Jeff Conaway

Another death in the Babylon 5 ranks.

Who else from B5 died?

 

[Orac Zen]

^
Richard Biggs, Andreas Katsulas and Tim Choate, for starters. There's a site listing those involved with B5 who have died; sadly, the list is already quite extensive.


Whether or not this story is true, it's very sad about Jeff Conaway.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

He apparently was not taken off life support due to his girlfriend who has power of attorney preventing it.

No, he was.

Link 1
Link 2

 

[nickyboy]

Very sad, RIP

 

[Starkers]

^
Richard Biggs, Andreas Katsulas and Tim Choate, for starters. There's a site listing those involved with B5 who have died; sadly, the list is already quite extensive.


Whether or not this story is true, it's very sad about Jeff Conaway.

That list is too long.

I've been going through Babylon 5 again this year (just watched Racing Mars) so this has probably hit slightly harder than it would have done if I hadn't just been watching him play Zack.

 

[Forbin]

 

[23skidoo]

That list is too long.

Especially for a show that's not even 20 years old.

Very sad news indeed. I unfortunately (and anyone who has seen the footage can certainly agree with that term) saw a bit of Conaway's appearance on Celebrity Rehab - not by choice, but by accident - and I had a feeling the fellow wasn't long for this world. Although the OD reports were wrong, the guy still had a very rough last few years and it's a shame to see it end this way.

Alex

 

[Jax]

R.I.P Jeff

 

[23skidoo]

It appears this is officially an RIP thread, as TMZ.com reports it has confirmed with Conaway's family that he has died.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/05/27/jeff-conaway-rehab-dead-dies-died-drug-addiction-ex-girlfriend-vikki/



Alex

PS. I'm not a fan of the way that URL is worded. Sorry 'bout that. I would imagine other sources like CNN will be reporting this before long. TMZ is a gossip site, but they tend not to go too far astray on stories of this nature.