RIP Andy Hallett - AKA Lorne from Angel

[51stcenturyfox]

Andrew Alcott Hallett has died of heart failure at the age of 33.  He appeared in 76 episodes of the series Angel.

 

*sob!* The end of the vid. :( Sleep tight, Lorne. And thank you, Andy.

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[cruentum.livejournal.com]

Fuck. :(

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I know. And so young!

*cries*

[cruentum.livejournal.com]

I know. Shit.

[catvampcrazines.livejournal.com]

Oh, Andy. *hugs you*

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

:(

I can't believe it. I loved Lorne.

[andreth47.livejournal.com]

I wasn't a big fan of Angel, but I dearly loved Lorne. He and Doyle were the best things on the show. I loved the moral stance Lorne took in the final episode.

RIP, Andy.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

He was fantastic.

"Remember when I said I loved this dimension and I'm never, never, never gonna leave? Exactly which 'never' did you not understand?"

[andreth47.livejournal.com]

So funny, so sweet. Such a person.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Oh dear.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Yes, the tributes have been going on.

Watched LoTP last night, too. :/

[thaddeusfavour.livejournal.com]

Ah damn. I loved his character, even if I thought Angel the show got kind of silly with all the demon dimensions. But, Lorne was very cool and this is very sad. :(

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

One thing I admired about Andy was that he was able to take a character which should have been 100% ridiculous and humanize him.

I have a soft spot for Jossverse demons like Clem the kitten poker-playing demon in BtVS.

[sanginmychains.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness! Can't say I knew much about the actor, but I was so impressed by how he took what was initially a minor phlebotenum-dispensing character and made him into something complex and sympathetic.

His understated disgust in the final ep, it was powerful. It added a necessary ballast to the complex question that the episode, and really the whole series, was dealing with. A lot of that is down to the writers, but the actor gave it real weight.

I'm sad.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

A lot of that is down to the writers, but the actor gave it real weight.

I think he did, too.

The final ep makes me depressed in other ways. Because it was the final ep.

[peterwilliams.livejournal.com]

This just breaks my heart. :[

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Me too. Unexpected.

[qthelights.livejournal.com]

If it weren't for Lorne, I never would have watched Angel. He was my favourite character. And everything I heard about Andy showed him to be a caring, wonderful person.

I'm so saddened by this.

:(

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

He was in my top two characters. I feel for his family, losing him so young.

[filthgoblin.livejournal.com]

Blimey. That was unexpected. He was great in that show, and a stunning actor and vocal performer. It's crazy that something as simple as a dental infection can lead to such a catastrophic condition and such a premature death.

I will go look at the vid when I get home. But that's very sad indeed. Rest peacefully, Andrew.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

He was.

There was a case like this in Washington DC not too long ago as well.. a boy with a dental infection.

Very scary, really.

[servus-a-manu.livejournal.com]

Oh, gods no.

I'd read a couple of different interviewers that said Andy was the type of genuinely nice person that is an endangered animal in Hollywood. And his portrayal of Lorne was always what the show needed to lend it levity or sometimes, much needed believable pathos. I'd always hoped to see him again in something that showcased those unbelievable pipes and warm eyes.

Fuck, this is depressing.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I know. I feel sort of bad now for not following Andy's career after Angel.

He did seem like such a genuinely NICE guy.

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

This is such sad news. I can't believe he was so young - or that he was even younger playing Lorne, he had a fantastic on-screen presence. I second the sleep tight - and the thank you.

I always feel bad when something like this happens going, "Oh damn, I loved that character," when the poor man has friends and family who have been left with a gaping hole. But I guess it was what he brought to the world, and what he loved doing. He had amazing energy.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I always feel bad when something like this happens going, "Oh damn, I loved that character," when the poor man has friends and family who have been left with a gaping hole.

Me too, but I think he would have liked to be remembered for this role, too. He really tore it up.

[santousha.livejournal.com]

Wow, he was so young :(
I loved this guy, Lorne was one of my favorite characters on Angel. I just can't believe he died THAT young. Just wow.

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

Another Lorne fan.

I know. :(

[yesmypet.livejournal.com]

I just got your msg. OMIGOD. Can't believe it. Haven't had the news on or been to Whedonesque. :(((

[51stcenturyfox.livejournal.com]

I know. We were kind of fucked-up yesterday when we heard about this.