Anthony Head aka Giles from Buffy dead at 72

Genuinely a bit sad. Rip

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Apeman42@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 102d

No tea today, then :(

its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 43 pts · 102d

We know what to do.

DosDude@retrofed.com · 34 pts · 102d (6 replies)

Rest in peace. First Xander, now Giles. Please be done for a while.

SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 38 pts · 102d (4 replies)

And Dawn :(

DosDude@retrofed.com · 30 pts · 102d (1 reply)

Oh yeah, I forgot about Michelle Trachenberg. Now I'm sad

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 101d

What? Aww hell, man. In spite of Buffy I remember her most as Harriet the Spy, one of my daughter's favorites. It says she died of complications from diabetes and had had a liver transplant. I never would have guessed any of that.

Shellbeach@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 101d (1 reply)

wait... WHAT???? Aww 😟😕

SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 101d

Yeah, too many :(

Shellbeach@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 101d

Wait, what??

vladmech@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 102d (3 replies)

I hadn’t even realized he was Rupert in Ted Lasso as well, he did such a great job of completely different personalities.

ech@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 101d (1 reply)

He played that role so perfectly. Vile and cruel, but still charming enough to be believable when he won people over.

FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 101d

Like every British person

perishthethought@piefed.social · 5 pts · 101d

mind blown

FoxyFerengi@startrek.website · 25 pts · 102d (5 replies)

I'm gonna have to watch Repo! this weekend. Rip legend

lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 102d (3 replies)

The one movie in which Paris Hilton is actually good

Janx@piefed.social · 2 pts · 101d (2 replies)

I thought she was decent in that sex tape.

LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 101d

That reminds me of how in old Star Trek they had those colored plastic data storage blocks, which they called "tapes".

lepinkainen@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 101d

IMO Pamela and Kim were better

cannedtuna@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 102d

Agreed!

Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 19 pts · 101d (1 reply)

Rooster326@programming.dev · 2 pts · 100d

They can't take James Marsters until he is done voicing Harry Dresden. I won't allow it.

Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 101d (1 reply)

Rip TV Dad. ;-; This is one that hurts

LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 101d

Yep! Thankfully I have !dadforaminute@lemmy.world as back up

hedders@fedia.io · 15 pts · 101d (11 replies)

That's three of the Scooby Gang no longer with us. Good grief.

LadyButterfly@reddthat.com · 10 pts · 101d (1 reply)

I know, Dawn and Xander were so young ad well.

SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 101d

Oh wtf Nicholas Brendan died March 20th this year (2026) wtffff

I am now sad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Brendon#Personal_life

Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 101d (7 replies)

Who else is dead?? I thought Buffy, willow and and Seth green are still alive. Xander? Angel? Spike?

TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 101d (6 replies)

Angel and spike are both dead.

CarrierLost@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 101d (5 replies)

James Marsters (Spike) and David Boreanaz (Angel) are still very much alive.

TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 13 pts · 101d (2 replies)

Angel and spike are both vampires.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 100d

UNdead. It's like dead, but it smells like onions.

CarrierLost@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 101d

You are correct, internet person. 😀 Well played.

UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 101d (1 reply)

Sure the actors are alive but the characters are dead. Or undead. Non-living? Mortality-challenged? Vampires? Vampires.

CarrierLost@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 101d

Good call, good call.

schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 100d

Will it be awkward for a new Buffy series to reference Scooby Doo since SMG was in it? Like when Marvel references the Big Lebowski when Jeff Bridges was in the second Iron Man.

ramble81@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 101d (6 replies)

I always remember him from one episode in Doctor Who. But he did a great job there.

BCsven@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 101d (2 replies)

He was great in REPO:The Genetic Opera

dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 100d (1 reply)

For all the off-the-wall casting^1^ in that movie, he was kind of the theatrical glue that made it stick together (IMO).

  1. Freaking Ohgr and Paris Hilton are practically from different planets.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 100d

Yep, I was surprised to see Ohgr and Paris in the same film. Lol

schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 100d

And Marsters is in a few Torchwoods as Basically Spike.

Gumbyyy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 100d (1 reply)

Which episode was he in?

ramble81@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 100d

“School Reunion” (Season 2, Episode 3 of NuWho). It has the return of Sarah Jane Smith and he was the headmaster of the school they were at.

Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 101d

Damn, the Ripper finally called it in.

ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 101d (1 reply)

RIP Ripper

ripcord@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 101d

BTW thank you for everything you do for Lemmy (for us)

Beth@piefed.social · 4 pts · 101d

Loved him in buffy and loved to hate in Merlin.

binarytobis@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 101d

Damn, I literally watched the episode of Um Actually that was Buffy themed this morning. Everyone kept going off about how hot he was.

cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 101d

Goodnight, Mr prime minister

Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 101d
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captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 100d

Oof he was amazing in Buffy