RIP: Mira Furlan and Hank Aaron

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I only saw Mrs. Furlan in person once, at San Diego, just as Babylon 5 was getting going. And that, from across a standing-room only hall. Her work on-screen was nonetheless stellar, in the best sense, in the role of Delenn.

I never got to see Mr. Aaron, but I read the Peanuts strip with Snoopy standing in for Mr. Aaron, taking his own share of hate mail as a fictional beagle on his own quest to break Babe Ruth's record, and later learned the fuller story. Mr. Schulz was clearly a fan of Mr. Aaron, from what I saw in print.

Two people worthy of respect. Now both gone.

Comments

[sabotabby]

As a big B5 fan, I am sorry to hear of Furlan's death.

[mmcirvin]

Very sad news.

The number of major Babylon 5 cast members who have died prematurely is absolutely brutal.

The Beloved Dead of Babylon 5

[dewline]

Yes. It is indeed.

O'Hare, Katsulas, Doyle, Biggs, Furst, and now this one too?

Re: The Beloved Dead of Babylon 5

[mtbc]

It sure is. I saw her at a convention in London years ago. It was great to get to see something of the actors behind the characters.

Re: The Beloved Dead of Babylon 5

[mmcirvin]

Compare it to, say, the main cast of the Star Trek series from the same era--almost all of them are still around. René Auberjonois died recently.

...oh, and Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog.

Re: The Beloved Dead of Babylon 5

[dewline]

Nice touch on DSC, naming a starship class for Eisenberg, and one of its ships after his character...