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The Dark Knight Rises star Jay Benedict succumbs to COVID 19; Passes away at 68
Jay Benedict passed away due to Coronavirus at the age of 68. The actor featured in films like The Dark Knight Rises and 1986 film Aliens.
Hollywood actor Jay Benedict passed away due to Coronavirus at the age of 68. The actor featured in films like The Dark Knight Rises and 1986 film Aliens. The American actor's representative confirmed the news of his demise to USA Today. A statement posted on his website TCG ArtistManagement read, “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear client Jay Benedict, who this afternoon lost his battle with COVID-19. Our thoughts are with his family.”
During the course of his acting career, the actor added many impressive supporting role to his resume, he was also known for his stint in the long-running British TV series Emmerdale (1997), and crime-drama Foyle’s War (2006). After his demise, Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan, posted a heartfelt tribute remembering his friend on Instagram. “My dearest friend Jay Benedict, brother in this life, has passed on, slipped the mortal coils this day... we were friends for so many years, forty years and change,” he wrote alongside a picture featuring him with Benedict.
This is a photo taken last May outside the stage door of the Lyric theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue London ...the stage door was tucked in right next door to the Old Windmill Theatre. Jay and I played brothers in a Franco Zeffirelli production of Filumena ... He played Ricardo the shirt maker, I played Michele the plumber. We were on that Lyric stage for the best part of year....Life was so much fun with Jay, on stage and off, we laughed a lot at the world around us, at our selves, saw the funny side of life always,” he added in the caption.
The Actor concluded the caption with a message for Benedict’s wife and his sons, who happen to be Brosnan’s god sons. “He shared his joyful radiance of kinship with all who knew him, a fine mind of intellect and compassion, he gave of himself in every way to the craft of acting, but above all else, he gave us all his great love of life, himself My deepest sympathies and condolences go out to his beloved wife Phoebe, his sons Leo and Freddie, my dearest God sons, peace be with you all dear hearts. Uncle Pierce,” he concluded.
