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On 24 Sep 2006 00:25:37 -0700, jmsatb5{at}aol.com wrote:

>
>Jan wrote:
>> Found on B5TV and confirmed in Variety: Johnny Sekka, Dr. Kyle in
The Gathering,
>> passed away on Sept. 14 due to lung cancer. He was 72 years old.
>>
>>
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117950308?categoryid=25&cs=1&query=johnny+and+sekka&display=johnny+sekka
>>
>> To absent friends...
>
>
>I'd heard word about this last weekend, from a B5 cast member to Doug
>then to me, but wanted to wait for confirmation before putting it on
>the net.  Then, unfortunately, I got hit with the Martian Death Flu and
>have been totally out of action all week...so I wasn't able to post
>about this sooner.
>
>It's a great loss, and he was a fine man.  His health was always
>problematic; even back during "The Gathering" there was concern about
>his health and lungs.  He was noticeably fragile, and would often run
>out of steam in the middle of a scene, especially if there was any
>action involved.  This was ultimately the reason we couldn't in all
>good conscience bring him back for the series, though we kept that to
>ourselves in hopes that things would eventually improve and he might be
>fit enough to one day return to B5 or work for other shows.  But it
>didn't happen, and B5 was the last thing he worked on that I know
>about.  Which is so unfortunate, because he was a vastly talented man
>whose compassion was evident and sincere in his eyes, even when his
>voice was sometimes so low that you could barely hear it on the track.
>
>It's a genuine loss all around.
>
Thank you for the altogether fitting tribute.

(...and wept when it was done - for being done too soon")

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