# Babylon 5 actor Mira Furlan becomes star stuff **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [January 22, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233 "2021-01-22T19:16:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/1 "2021-01-22T19:16:45Z")
[Delenn has passed beyond the galactic rim:](https://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-mira-furlan-the-heart-of-babylon-5-1846108811) > [@Mira Furlan](#): > > I look at the stars. It’s a clear night and the Milky Way seems so near. That’s where I’ll be going soon. ‘We’re all star stuff,’ I suddenly remember Delenn’s line from Joe’s script. Not a bad prospect. I am not afraid. In the meantime, let me close my eyes and sense the beauty around me. And take that breath under the dark sky full of stars. Breathe in. Breathe out. That’s all. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/2 "2021-01-22T19:23:13Z")
I saw this news late last night, when a friend shared a post from J. Michael Straczynski about her passing. Very sad news, indeed, and another member of that show’s cast who is now gone, way too soon. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/3 "2021-01-22T19:23:51Z")
Oh no! Coincidentally, I’m rewatching _Babylon 5_ right now (for like the tenth time) and I was just wondering what she was up to these days. Sadly, I now have my answer. Go and join the greater universe again and may the goddess hold you close, Delenn. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/4 "2021-01-22T19:37:26Z")
I used to describe B5 as “Star Trek, but they kill off regular cast members.” I didn’t mean it like this. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/5 "2021-01-22T21:08:23Z")
We view the soul as a non-localized phenomenon. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/6 "2021-01-22T22:36:09Z")
[Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Nile_virus) reports cause of death as “complications from West Nile virus”. Darn. I liked her. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/7 "2021-01-22T22:41:18Z")
They don’t play ‘Babylon-5’ on any streaming service I know. If you want to relive your youth, you have to buy the whole set somewhere. (It’s the only series or movie on earth where you’ll not only find a sultry Melissa Gilbert who is Hot… but Pure Evil. ) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/8 "2021-01-22T22:55:58Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > They don’t play ‘Babylon-5’ on any streaming service I know. If you want to relive your youth, you have to buy the whole set somewhere. I bought the set in the fall. I haven’t gotten through all of it yet. One of my favorite series. I was also a big fan of _Lost_. I have that series and just re-watched it in the fall. I loved her in that, too. So sad. She was only 65. ---
**Author:** ![Arcite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@Arcite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arcite)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/9 "2021-01-23T00:18:37Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > They don’t play ‘Babylon-5’ on any streaming service I know. If you want to relive your youth, you have to buy the whole set somewhere. > > (It’s the only series or movie on earth where you’ll not only find a sultry Melissa Gilbert who is Hot… but Pure Evil. ) Never watched it in my youth, but I’m currently watching through it after building up the whole series on YouTubeTV’s DVR from Comet. Edit: a quick check reveals that Babylon 5 left Comet last summer. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/10 "2021-01-23T00:39:58Z")
This makes me sad. I’ve told the Mrs. (who is SF neutral) that B5 is about war and politics but is, at its heart, a love story. My Trek/B5 comparison is that its like watching a different team play the same game. I wonder what the odds are that so many members of the cast of a show that really isn’t all that old would be gone by now. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/11 "2021-01-23T00:43:26Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I wonder what the odds are that so many members of the cast of a show that really isn’t all that old would be gone by now. And, it’s not like they were that old, either. Mira was 65; most of the others who have died were in their 50s or early 60s, and Richard Biggs was only 44. 😢 ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/12 "2021-01-23T00:52:22Z")
Maybe it’s a curse. _\*is gloomy_\* ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/13 "2021-01-23T00:52:42Z")
[Here is a picture of the cast updated today.](https://imgur.com/n3P1lOh) ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/14 "2021-01-23T00:55:20Z")
Zathras too? _\*is even gloomier_\* ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/15 "2021-01-23T02:43:30Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > They don’t play ‘Babylon-5’ on any streaming service I know. It is supposed to be coming to HBO Max in a few days, on the 26th, I think. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/16 "2021-01-23T16:59:54Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > We view the soul as a non-localized phenomenon. I’m also coincidentally watching all of B5 (on DVD) with a friend who has never seen the show before. And just last night we coincidentally watched the episode where Delenn says that. It was even more moving given Furlan’s recent death. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/17 "2021-01-23T18:07:21Z")
And that doesn’t include Michael O’Hare. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/18 "2021-01-23T18:49:13Z")
Well crap. I just paid $25 for the first season on Amazon Prime. Maybe instead of paying for future seasons I should just get an HBOMax subscription. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/19 "2021-01-23T19:25:50Z")
That episode was next up on my watchlist too. Weird, innit? Pretty sure a Minbari would have something to say about the coincidences. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233/20 "2021-01-23T19:34:59Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > And that doesn’t include Michael O’Hare. O’Hare is mentioned in the lower left corner, as are Tim Choate and Robin Sachs. I hadn’t remembered that Sachs had been in the show (only in 6 episodes, as several different characters, according to IMDB), but he was the brother of a friend/co-worker of mine, and I remember when he died. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-5-actor-mira-furlan-becomes-star-stuff/931233.md?page=2)