John Dye | Played death angel, 47
John Dye, 47, an actor whose career included the role of Andrew, the angel of death, in the long-running television series Touched by an Angel , was found dead at his San Francisco home, a medical examiner's spokesman said Thursday.
John Dye, 47, an actor whose career included the role of Andrew, the angel of death, in the long-running television series
Touched by an Angel
, was found dead at his San Francisco home, a medical examiner's spokesman said Thursday.
Medical examiner's investigator Charles Cecil said that Mr. Dye, a native of Amory, Miss., was found dead Monday.
The cause of death has not been determined, Cecil said, but relatives said Mr. Dye suffered apparent heart failure.
WREG-TV in Memphis reported that Mr. Dye's father, Jim Dye, said his actor son "was very giving, had a lot of causes that he supported real well, Make a Wish Foundation, AIDS research."
As news of Mr. Dye's death began to spread Thursday afternoon, his Touched by an Angel costar Valerie Bertinelli posted a message to him on her Twitter account: "Dear, sweet John Dye, rest in peace."
Mr. Dye was a University of Memphis theater major. His early work included the martial-arts movie The Best of the Best and small roles on Murder, She Wrote and other television shows. He landed the part of the Angel of Death on Touched by an Angel in 1994 and appeared in all nine seasons of the CBS series. - AP