Unbelievable. 27 years old and the star of "Sidekicks", the movie that Mattress Mac financed. Teen idol Jonathan Brandis dies at 27 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jonathan Brandis, who from an early age appeared in a string of roles on television, commercials and film, including the starring role in 1991's The Neverending Story 2: The Next Chapter and two seasons on Steven Spielberg's SeaQuest DSV, has died. He was 27. Teen idol Jonathan Brandis, shown here in 1996, was known for his TV and movie roles. By Albert Ortega, Online USA via Getty The county coroner's office is investigating the Nov. 12 death, which was reported by the Los Angeles Police Department as a possible suicide, Lt. Ed Winter of the coroner's Investigations Bureau said Thursday. The coroner performed an autopsy but the cause of death will not be announced until the results of blood and toxicology tests are returned. The investigation could take as long as four to six weeks. Police said a friend of Brandis called 911 from the actor's apartment just before midnight on Nov. 11 to report Brandis had attempted suicide. Paramedics transported Brandis to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, but he died the next day, police Detective Gene Parshall said. The office of Brandis' agent at Innovative Artists refused to comment. Brandis started his career in commercials and on television, landing a recurring role on the soap One Life to Live at age six. After moving with his family to Los Angeles at age nine, he made guest appearances on such shows as L.A. Law, Who's the Boss? and Murder, She Wrote. Other film credits included the Rodney Dangerfield comedy Ladybugs, and the martial arts comedy Sidekicks with Chuck Norris, and a small part in the 2002 film Hart's War, starring Bruce Willis. Brandis also starred as crew member Lucas Wolenczek in the underwater sci-fi series SeaQuest DSV, a role that garnered him a Young Artists Award in 1993 and helped turn him into a teen idol.
Suicide? That's tragic. Not to be insensitive, but his "Lucas" character on SeaQuest was the equivalent of "Ensign Crusher" on ST:TNG (i.e. downright annoying). Still... 10-4, J.B.
sad stuff. sidekicks wasn't that bad (he kicked arse with the nunchucks... well... the stunt double did anyway). i put it in the USA category. not quite tbs or tnt. rip ooops... almost posted this until i realized another good movie that he was in. i know that i'm not the only person in here that thought "lady bugs" was funny. "chew! chew! chew!" and "mom, that witch broke my nail! get those nail breakers! (of course it wasn't really "witch".) very underrated movie. ok... finished.
that is tough What is so bad . .that you kill yourself I have yet to find ANYTHING that bad Rocket River
RIP. It's a shame when someone so young dies, no matter who they are. And a suicide (possibly) makes it worse.
god forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes 'cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues. varies from person to person on how "bad" some thing/s can be. yeah, suicide sucks. it's just so final. just wish that his friend would have found him a little earlier.
I almost posted this story, but thought since he died over a week ago, some "insider" was bound to have already posted it while I wasn't looking, and I'd be called out for the repeat... RIP - Child Star
Last week we had this married couple up here fighting and then the husband shot and killed his wife while she was leaving the workplace and then he shot and kiled himself after a police chase. They were going through a child custody case. The very next day a guy tried to do the exact same thin because he told his estranged wife to meet him some place and she got freaked out and called the police and they found him and then he killed himself.
im way too much of a wuss to ever consider killing myself. maybe if someone could tell me what happens after you die then i might not be so scared then.
