Anthony Head, R.I.P.

Above, Anthony Head. Photo by Raven Underwood.

Although several actors who appears on Buffy the Vampire Slayer have passed away, three principal stars of the show have passed during the past 16 months.

Anthony Head, who played Watcher Rupert Giles, passed away from pneumonia on June 1. He was 72. He was a little bit younger than me as he was born on February 20, 1954. 

The other two who have passed are:

Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris) - Died at age 54 in his sleep from natural causes.

Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers) - Died at age 39 due to complications from diabetes mellitus.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was my favorite television show during its run. 

Nicholas Brendon Dies At 54

Actor Nicholas Brendon at the Big Apple Convention in Manhattan, October 2, 2010. Photo by Luigi Novi.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer was my favorite television show in the late 1990s. It has been reported by a third actor from the show has passed away. The first was Michelle Trachtenberg and the second was Andy Hallett from the Angel spin-off. Now it has been reported that actor Nicholas Brendon has died.

He reportedly died in his sleep at age 54. He played Xander Harris on the show.

According to Canyon News:

HOLLYWOOD—It was announced on Friday, March 21, that Nicholas Brendon, the star of the hit Warner Bros. series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” died at the age of 54. It was reported that Brendon died of natural causes in his sleep.

The actor appeared on all 7 seasons of the series that ran from 1997 to 2003 alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar, Allyson Hanigan, Charisma Carpenter and Anthony Stewart Head.

Brendon had experienced a series of legal trouble in recent years. In 2017, he was arrested for domestic violence against his girlfriend. In August 2021, he was arrested for allegedly obtaining prescription drugs by fraud in Indiana after he was driving erratically. He provided authorities with California ID that had the name Kelton Schultz, TMZ reported.

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