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RIP Spartacus (Andy Whitfield) |
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palak   United States. Sep 11 2011 23:48. Posts 4601 | | |
| Very sad news to report tonight, as we've learned that Andy Whitfield, the star of Spartacus: Blood and Sand has died. Whitfield was 39.
Whitfield lost his battle with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma on Sunday in Sydney, Australia. The Associated Press reports that his wife, Vashti, issued a statement which reads, "On a beautiful sunny Sydney spring morning, surrounded by his family, in the arms of his loving wife, our beautiful young warrior Andy Whitfield lost his 18 month battle with lymphoma cancer. He passed peacefully surrounded by love. Thank you to all his fans whose love and support have help carry him to this point. He will be remembered as the inspiring, courageous and gentle man, father and husband he was."
Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma after the first season of Spartacus, initially causing a delay in production on Season 2 – during which the prequel, Gods of the Arena, was filmed. During this time, Whitfield had responded well to treatment and his cancer had gone into remission and he was expected to return for the second season, Spartacus: Vengeance, and even promoted the series at San Diego Comic-Con in 2010.
Unfortunately, shortly after Comic-Con came the word that his cancer had returned, and he was forced to drop out of the series completely. He was replaced in Spartacus: Vengeance – which is debuting in 2012 -- by Liam McIntyre.
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http://tv.ign.com/articles/119/1193725p1.html
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dont tap the glass...im about ready to take a fucking hammer to the aquarium | Last edit: 12/09/2011 01:24 |
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NewbSaibot   United States. Sep 12 2011 00:41. Posts 4946 | | |
Ah man that sucks. Love spartacus and he was a cool character/actor. |
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RIP. very sad news. He was so good. |
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TalentedTom   Canada. Sep 12 2011 02:08. Posts 20070 | | |
fk really sucks, i really enjoyed his character in the show. ;/
cancer is a brutal mutation, hopefulyl one day we'll find a way to prevent it |
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ggplz   Sweden. Sep 12 2011 03:30. Posts 16784 | | |
Wow. This makes me so sad. RIP. |
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Jamie217   Canada. Sep 12 2011 14:03. Posts 4351 | | |
Yeah thats brutal Really enjoyed his character/his acting |
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