'Angel's' Andy Hallett Passes Away
This is the kind of story I never want to report, but it's both unavoidable and inevitable. Because the more people one interviews in this world, the more likely one of them will depart it far too early... E!'s Watch with Kristin is reporting that Angel's Andy Hallett (a.k.a. Krevlornswath of the Deathwok Clan, a.k.a Lorne, a.k.a "The Host") passed away last night at the age of just 33 after losing a five-year battle with heart disease.
Andy was one of the first big magazine feature interviews I ever did (for SFX's May 2004 issue). And I think that speaks to how generous he was to everyone he met, regardless of who they were. I met him at San Diego Comic-Con in 2003, and he invited me to come interview him on the set of Angel. So I did. He spent hours with me on that set, chatting during the grueling makeup removal process, etc. He was quite an altruist too -- as a guest at Mid-Ohio Con, he hosted the convention's charity karaoke, regardless of how many people showed up for it. It's cruel irony -- and a horrible but nonetheless true cliche -- that the guy who had the biggest heart also had the weakest.
