# "Babylon 5" actor dies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-dies/247336>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 27, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-dies/247336 "2004-05-27T14:02:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-dies/247336/1 "2004-05-27T14:02:30Z")

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[_Babyon 5_ star dies…](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=796&e=5&u=/eo/20040526/en_celeb_eo/14194) Richard Biggs - I just saw him on an episode of _Crossing Jordan_

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> In a message posted to a Babylon 5 newsgroup Saturday, show creator J. Michael Straczynski said paramedics who treated Biggs suggested the cause of death was “either an aneurysm or a massive stroke.”

☹

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-dies/247336/2 "2004-05-27T14:07:46Z")

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I wonder if Sci-Fi will bother trying to bring back [Tremors](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327375/combined) now.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-dies/247336/3 "2004-05-27T17:39:51Z")

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There’s already a thread in Cafe Society about this:

> **[B5's Richard Biggs Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=257771)**
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> J. Michael Straczynski posted the news today in the Usenet group rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated. Richard Biggs (who played Dr. Stephen Franklin) was only 43. ☹

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**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-dies/247336/4 "2004-05-27T17:54:36Z")

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I missed it. I searched but my computer froze and I stupidly didn’t run it again.

Mods, please close this thread.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-dies/247336/5 "2004-06-12T11:55:13Z")

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Just in case anyone missed this update, I’m blowing the tanks on this:

[http://www.indystar.com/articles/8/150763-3808-010.html](http://www.indystar.com/articles/8/150763-3808-010.html)

Shades of John Ritter! ☹