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For those of us who this is the main B5 site.

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Posted by JMS on Usenet
I was awakened today with several phone calls from cast members and Doug to
pass along the terrible news that this morning, Richard Biggs passed away.

We're still gathering information, so take none of this as firm word, but what
seems to have happened, happened quickly. He woke up, got up out of bed...and
went down. The paramedics who showed up suggested it was either an aneurysm or
a massive stroke.

His family members have been informed, and all of the the cast have, as far as
we can determine, also been informed.

This is a terrible loss for all of us. Richard was a consummate professional
but more than that he was an honorable, stand-up guy. If he gave you his word
on something, you never had to wonder about it afterward. He was always
helpful and supportive of all the cast, even those who only came in for one
episode, always with a ready smile and determined to do whatever it took to
make the scene work. He was, quite simply, a terrific guy, and everyone here
is just devastated at the news.

More word as this develops. We may try to have some kind of fund raiser to
help give whatever assistance may be helpful for his kids.

We all miss him terribly.

jms

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Pretty sad news. I liked Franklin a lot and any further B5 projects just won't be the same without him.

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franklin = biggs

bah that blows

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My condolences to Bigg's family and friends. Sad news indeed.

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My sympathies to the family of Mr R. Biggs. He will be missed a lot from all the B5 fans.

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**** me, this is sad news indeed and he wasn't really old either.

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Very sad. My condolences go out to his family.

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My thoughts and love go out to his family and friends he left behind.

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Such a sad day for all Richard Biggs fans everywhere. He was a terrific actor and a joy to watch on Babylon 5.

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My condolences to his family and friends.

And he was only 44 years old... too young

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Here is a link for a Richard Biggs (Dr Stephen Franklin)tribute video. You must have eMule to download it. Don't worry it is freeware.
ed2k://|file|rickbiggs_320.mov|10794913|F75349121EE7DD82906D02D2CBAE70EC|/

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cant you upload or torrent it?

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here is a link to TheForce.net (direct link to the file)
http://download.theforce.net/theater/temp/rickbiggs_320.mov

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