25 January 2021

Mira Furlan: September 7, 1955 to January 20, 2021

This is sad news. Mira Furlan Dead: 'Babylon 5,' 'Lost' Actress Dies at 65 - Variety

While a cause of death has yet not been revealed, Straczynski [creator of Babylon 5] said the cast and crew of “Babylon 5” had “known for some time now that Mira’s health was fading.” “We kept hoping that she would improve,” he wrote. “In a group email sent to the cast a while back, I heard that she might be improving.”

However, Straczynski said he later got the call from “Babylon 5” co-star Peter Jurasik that Furlan’s husband, director Goran Gajić, was “bringing her home.”

Stephen Furst, Andreas Katsulas and Jerry Doyle went first. Probably more I don't know about. Now Mira Furlan.

I loved Babylon 5. It struggled because, as hard as it is to believe today, the idiots who ran television couldn't believe there was room for more than one Science Fiction show. And Star Trek: The Next Generation was sucking up all the oxygen in the room. Seems crazy today, with all of the SciFi shows available, but the suits are usually idiots. They were idiots in the 1990s, and they are idiots today.

Here's a brief clip from Babylon 5.

Hat tip to From The Barrel of a Gun, who notes...

Babylon 5 was among the best of Science fiction shows. I loved that show and never missed it. I go back and rewatch it periodically. It's that good. Mira Furlan helped make it so. She will be missed.

2 comments:

  1. Odd? I remember Captain Sisko as the Captain for Babylon 5? But, that was a very good clip. Thanks

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    1. Sisko was the commander of Deep Space Nine - a Star Trek iteration.

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