Re: R.I.P: Mira Furlan (Babylon 5, Lost)

[Ubiquitous]

In article <rudr3p$1se$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, Your...@YourISP.com wrote:

>From Variety.com ...
>
>
> Mira Furlan, 'Babylon 5' and 'Lost' Actress, Dies at 65
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Mira Furlan, best known for her roles as Delenn on "Babylon 5"
> and Danielle Rousseau on "Lost," died on Wednesday. She was 65.
>
> Her Twitter account announced the news on Thursday, and
> "Babylon 5" creator J. Michael Straczynski posted a tribute to
> the actress later that night.
>
> While a cause of death has yet not been revealed, Straczynski
> said the cast and crew of "Babylon 5" had "known for some time
> now that Mira's health was fading." "We kept hoping that she
> would improve," he wrote. "In a group email sent to the cast a
> while back, I heard that she might be improving."
>
> However, Straczynski said he later got the call from "Babylon 5"
> co-star Peter Jurasik that Furlan's husband, director Goran
> Gajic, was "bringing her home."
>
> "Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunningly talented
> performer, and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of
> 'Babylon 5,' and we are all devastated by the news," he wrote.
> "The cast members with whom she was especially close since the
> show's end will need room to process this moment, so please be
> gentle if they are unresponsive for a time. We have been down
> this road too often, and it only gets harder."
>
> Furlan was born in the former Yugoslavia, where she had a number
> of stage roles and was part of the Croatian National Theatre,
> and emigrated to the U.S. in 1991. She joined space opera
> "Babylon 5" as Delenn, the Minbari ambassador to the titular
> space station, in 1993, and would go on to star in the series
> for its full five seasons. In 2004, she made her debut in ABC's
> megahit "Lost" as Danielle Rousseau, a scientist who'd been
> shipwrecked on the show's mysterious island 16 years before the
> crash of the Oceanic Flight 815. She recurred throughout the
> series over its next few seasons.
>
> Furlan continued to act through last year, and racked up dozens
> of credits across film and TV throughout her life. Her film
> credits include Emir Kusturica's Oscar-nominated "When Father Was
> Away on Business," "Beauty of Vice," "Three For Happiness" and
> "In the Jaws of Life."
>
> She is survived by Gajic and their son, Marko Lav Gajic.
>
>
> https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mira-furlan-dead-babylon-5-lost-1234890117/


Oh no! :-(

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