John Carroll Dye 1963 – 2011
Actor John Dye, best known for his role on Touched by an Angel, has died at the age of 47. He was found unresponsive in his San Francisco home on Monday. Though an official cause of death has not yet been determined, his family is reporting that he suffered a heart attack.
The popular drama ran from 1994 to 2003 and featured Roma Downey as the angel Monica, Della Reese as her supervisor Tess and Dye as Andrew — the angel of death.
In an interview this week, his younger brother Jerre Dye said: “He celebrated love and life and turned the idea of the Angel of Death into something that was compassionate and welcoming.”
A public memorial service will take place on January 22, 2011 in Amory, Mississippi — the town where Dye was born and where his parents, Jim and Lynn Dye, still live.
Dye also appeared in ten feature films and several made-for-television movies: Once Upon a Christmas and Twice Upon a Christmas.
Check out a cast photo below:
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