guess they won't be catching the one-armed man now, will they?
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Andreas Katsulas, the very talented and under-rated scifi actor, star of Babylon 5 (G'Kar), Star Trek (Tomalak) and a few movies, most notably The Fugitive, has died of lung cancer.
Fucking lung cancer.
This guy was the (watch for the in-joke) last, best reason that Babylon 5 was such a great series, and he will be missed.
I saw him speak at a convention once (yes it was a Trek convention; I've attended one in my life, more as a larf than anything else, and HOLY SHIT am I glad I'm not that far gone). Anyway, he was a good speaker, came off as a real personable guy, and didn't spend his whole time (or any of it) trying to peddle his latest project. He graciously acknowledged his fans and was self-deprecating in his answers to their questions.
It's a shame we'll never get to see him on either the big or small screens again.
Here's what his eulogy should say, taken from his own words as G'Kar:
I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.
Labels: scifi
posted by raistlinsghost at 2/15/2006 06:43:00 PM
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