# Dye who played Death Dies: John Dye, who played Death on Touched by Angel, dead at 47 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 13, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462 "2011-01-13T16:05:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/1 "2011-01-13T16:05:35Z")
[Wiki link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dye). I absolutely loved him in Touched by an Angel. I thought he was drop dead gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/2 "2011-01-13T16:14:38Z")
Thread title of the year, and it’s only January 13. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/3 "2011-01-13T16:16:39Z")
Credit where credit is due: I stole it from **critter42** , whp posted it in the [Deathpool](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13348025&postcount=650) thread. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/4 "2011-01-13T16:22:39Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > Thread title of the year, and it’s only January 13. Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/5 "2011-01-13T16:40:49Z")
Isn’t that the guy who played “Doc” on _Tour of Duty_? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/6 "2011-01-13T16:47:28Z")
[Yes](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004891/) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/7 "2011-01-14T19:38:52Z")
Had he been sick? 47 is so young. Never married, actor, 47, lived in San Francisco- not that it matters or anything, but was he openly gay? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/8 "2011-01-14T19:51:27Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Had he been sick? 47 is so young. > > Never married, actor, 47, lived in San Francisco- not that it matters or anything, but was he openly gay? Your open-ended question implies the alternative is “…or lying?” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/9 "2011-01-14T20:07:45Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Your open-ended question implies the alternative is “…or lying?” Not intentionally. If he wasn’t _openly_ gay then it would just be a “your guess is good as mine” thing unless somebody here knew him personally. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/10 "2011-01-14T23:44:40Z")
Say it isn’t so! I had such a crush on him as Andrew the Angel of Death. How dreadful that he died so young. What a shame! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/11 "2011-01-15T04:54:13Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Had he been sick? Yes, but nothing serious. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dye-who-played-death-dies-john-dye-who-played-death-on-touched-by-angel-dead-at-47/567462/12 "2011-01-15T05:32:45Z")
I have wondered what got him so young. I wasn’t that into Touched by an Angel but he is a hometown boy so I always enjoyed watching him.