Jerry Doyle (Mr. Garibaldi from Babylon 5) has passed beyond the Rim
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He is. But I went and checked IMDb anyway.Well, the actor who played the boy is still alive?
BTW for those interested, while it's too early to have Jerry Doyle's passing included yet, here's a memorial site to the actors and crew that worked on B5 who've passed on.
http://www.isnanchordesk.com/mem/mem.html
So sad to hear this news. Jerry Doyle was not only great on B5 but also a funny and politically active man. He will be missed.
Shocking (or unshockingly) O'Hare (60), Andreas Katsulas (59) and Conaway (60) all died around the same age as Doyle (60).
No, he was often as unpleasant as his politics. But he was honest and funny as well. No pretence.
He is. But I went and checked IMDb anyway.
BTW for those interested, while it's too early to have Jerry Doyle's passing included yet, here's a memorial site to the actors and crew that worked on B5 who've passed on.
http://www.isnanchordesk.com/mem/mem.html
Also Zathras not forget Tim Choate, who was only 49 when he passed.But Rick Biggs was only 44.
Very sad news about Jerry Doyle -- the recent video posted on http://www.epictimes.com/ seems to indicate he had health problems as he looks much older than 60.
Unbelievable, RIP.
What, again? Ugh.
I heard recently that Babylon 5 was not filmed on the Warner Bros lot despite being distrubuted by them, that the show was actually filmed at the site of an old plant. As in "chemical plant". I'm wondering if the cast deaths are not related to that in some way?
Of course, I'm just speculating here. I don't have any info.
I heard recently that Babylon 5 was not filmed on the Warner Bros lot despite being distrubuted by them, that the show was actually filmed at the site of an old plant. As in "chemical plant". I'm wondering if the cast deaths are not related to that in some way?
Of course, I'm just speculating here. I don't have any info.
Sad news. These guys go out way too young.
Nope. For instance Biggs died in aortic dissection, Tim Choate in a motorcycle accident, Katsulas suffered from lung cancer as he was a passionate chain smoker and so on. I would probably speculate that Doyle's death might have had something to do with his mugging on a trip in Germany. Like JMS stated, he had pretty bad injuries and those might have easily had some unexptected repercussions.
Nope. For instance Biggs died in aortic dissection, Tim Choate in a motorcycle accident, Katsulas suffered from lung cancer as he was a passionate chain smoker and so on. I would probably speculate that Doyle's death might have had something to do with his mugging on a trip in Germany. Like JMS stated, he had pretty bad injuries and those might have easily had some unexptected repercussions.
It was a former spa tub factory. And none of the deaths have any relationships to each other:
Rick Biggs - aortic dissection (usually a genetic issue)
Andreas Katsulas - lung cancer (he was a heavy smoker)
Michael O'Hare - heart attack
Jeff Conaway - pneumonia (with some addiction complications, iirc)
Tim Choate - motorcycle accident
It's unknown so far what the cause was for Jerry Doyle. But he spoke at the B5 reunion in Phoenix about having been in a coma a few years previously. And we know he had a serious head wound from a mugging in Germany about a year and a half ago. And we know he was a heavy drinker. Any or none of these may have had something to do with it. But it's doubtful it had anything to do with the studio being a former factory.
Simply very, very sad. But wow, Babylon 5 has got to have one of the highest mortality rates in such a short period of time, in television history.
Fictional television, of course.
Fictional television, of course.
One reason might simply be that jms was willing to hire interesting people who the mainstream studios saw as too big a risk for varied reasons.
That was certainly the case with Jeff Conaway, who'd had major issues in the mid-80s, and was seen as untouchable until he proved himself reliable on B5.
That was certainly the case with Jeff Conaway, who'd had major issues in the mid-80s, and was seen as untouchable until he proved himself reliable on B5.
The damned B5 curse strikes again. As others have said here, I too found Garibaldi to be one of the most compelling on the show. The one episode that sticks out was "Deconstruction of Falling Stars", where the crew was resurrected in a simulation thousands of years in the future, where an Orwellian neo-fascist government took over Earth and tried to rewrite history and discredit Sheridan and the others along with their revolution. It's been a really long time since I've seen the episode, but IIRC, they were losing some global civil war and the other side was pro-freedom. Basically, the personalities of the characters were based on the original personalities of the main characters (that were apparently programmed TOO well) and the Garibaldi simulation avatar, true to the original's personality to the core, hacked into the government's main computer and started a nuclear war to destroy it before it did any further damage, leading eventually to a new golden age of rebirth and Ascension of humanity, akin to what the Vorlons experienced. One of the greatest episodes of the series. "Rest easy, friends".
As others have said here, I too found Garibaldi to be one of the most compelling on the show. The one episode that sticks out was "Deconstruction of Falling Stars", where the crew was resurrected in a simulation thousands of years in the future, where an Orwellian neo-fascist government took over Earth and tried to rewrite history and discredit Sheridan and the others along with their revolution. It's been a really long time since I've seen the episode, but IIRC, they were losing some global civil war and the other side was pro-freedom. Basically, the personalities of the characters were based on the original personalities of the main characters (that were apparently programmed TOO well) and the Garibaldi simulation avatar, true to the original's personality to the core, hacked into the government's main computer and started a nuclear war to destroy it before it did any further damage, leading eventually to a new golden age of rebirth and Ascension of humanity, akin to what the Vorlons experienced. One of the greatest episodes of the series. "Rest easy, friends".