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R.I.P. Michael O’Hare

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday September 29, 2012 @ 9:40am PDTTags: Babylon 5, J. Michael Straczynski

Julliard-trained actor Michael O’Hare who helped launch the Babylon 5 sci-fi TV series by portraying Commander Jeffrey Sinclair in its first season, passed away Friday night from complications of cardiac arrest. He was 60. The show’s creator J Michael Straczynski posted on his Facebook page that O’Hare had been in a coma since suffering a heart attack on September 23rd. In Season 2, O’Hare’s character was replaced for the remainder of the show’s 5-year run by Bruce Boxleitner’s Captain John Sheridan. But O’Hare reprised the role in Seasons 2 and 3 during guest appearances. He appeared on many TV series, including Kate & Allie, The Equalizer, Tales from the Darkside, The Cosby Mysteries, and Law & Order.

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Comic-Con: J. Michael Straczynski Hatches Multi-Platform Studio JMS

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday July 11, 2012 @ 3:29pm PDTTags: Babylon 5, Big Deals Film, Big Deals TV, Comic-Con, J. Michael Straczynski, Thor
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: Comic-Con fixture J. Michael Straczynski will launch a new media company here to handle his prolific output in comic books, digital, TV series, feature films and video games. Studio JMS is designed to bring his output under … Read More »

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