Meanwhile, Babylon 5 had already lost half it's cast while TNG is only just now feeling the effects, and that's e before getting to DS9 which was more analogous to B5 despite both Odo and Nog having died so far.
Odo was more straightforward as Rene was almost 80 when he died, but Aron Eisenberg was short because he only ever had one kidney which didn't work that well in the first place, so preexisting health issues that eventually led to his early death at the age of 50 almost 5 years ago in Sept 2019, eerily only 3 months before Rene also died.
The actor was born with only one kidney, which was defective and failed when he was in his early teens. He went on dialysis at age 14 and had his first transplant at 17, from a cadaver.
The actor for Jake hit a massive growth spurt so literally towered over Nog in the end as a result despite the character originally existing to give Jake a friend "his own age" even with Aron/Nog being 6 years older than Cirroc/Jake.
It happens, actors get older, they die, but Babylon 5 feels cursed with how many actors have already gone.
Sinclair, G'Kar, Delenn, Garabaldi, Vir, Dr Franklin, Zach Allen, Zathras. That's a lot of the core cast and several of the most significant secondary cast.
Meanwhile, Babylon 5 had already lost half it's cast while TNG is only just now feeling the effects, and that's e before getting to DS9 which was more analogous to B5 despite both Odo and Nog having died so far.
I hadn't heard the actor playing Nog had died. Shame
Odo was more straightforward as Rene was almost 80 when he died, but Aron Eisenberg was short because he only ever had one kidney which didn't work that well in the first place, so preexisting health issues that eventually led to his early death at the age of 50 almost 5 years ago in Sept 2019, eerily only 3 months before Rene also died.
The actor for Jake hit a massive growth spurt so literally towered over Nog in the end as a result despite the character originally existing to give Jake a friend "his own age" even with Aron/Nog being 6 years older than Cirroc/Jake.
It happens, actors get older, they die, but Babylon 5 feels cursed with how many actors have already gone.
Sinclair, G'Kar, Delenn, Garabaldi, Vir, Dr Franklin, Zach Allen, Zathras. That's a lot of the core cast and several of the most significant secondary cast.
Didn't even hear about that one. RIP.