Twilight heartthrob Kellan Lutz also paid tribute, tweeting: “Just landed & read abt Andy Whitfield passing away. You will be deeply missed, my brother.”ĭeKnight had said in January that the actor was attacking the illness like a “true champion” and he had the “utmost faith” that he would pull through. Spartacus director Steve DeKnight wrote on Twitter: “’No words to express the depth of such a loss. “How lucky we were to have him grace all our lives. Andy’s two babies will always know that their daddy cherished them and their mother Vashti above all things. “Andy’s incandescent film presence made men want to be him and women want to marry him. “He was a gentle man who never said a bad word about anyone, a gifted photographer, engineer (no really!) and a brilliant actor,” she said in a statement. His co-star Lucy Lawless said that he had left an “indelible mark” on the Spartacus cast and crew. Australian actor Liam McIntyre replaced Whitfield for the second season while waiting for the star to recover.īut his family and representatives confirmed that he passed away in his wife’s arms yesterday. He was declared free of the disease two months later after immediate treatment, but suffered a relapse in September last year and underwent further “aggressive” treatment.
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He was due to start filming the second series of the drama before being diagnosed with the condition in March last year, with doctors saying the condition was “very treatable”. He will be remembered as the inspiring, courageous and gentle man, father and husband he was.” “Thank you to all his fans whose love and support have helped carry him to this point. She said: “He passed peacefully, surrounded by love. His wife Vashti yesterday paid tribute to her “beautiful young warrior” who died on a “sunny Sydney morning” in the “arms of his loving wife”.
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The father of two young children was a complete unknown before landing the title role of the rebellious Thracian slave in US TV series Spartacus: Blood and Sand, a role made famous by Catherine Zeta-Jones’ father-in-law Kirk Douglas in the 1960 Stanley Kubrick film.
The “swords and sandals” idol, from Amlwch on Anglesey, passed away surrounded by family at his home in Sydney, Australia, after battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma for the past 18 months.
FAMILY and friends of Welsh actor Andy Whitfield have paid emotional tributes to the Spartacus star after he died of cancer aged 39.
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