RIP: The Dark Knight Rises Actor Jay Benedict Passes Away At 68 From COVID 19
Jay Benedict Passes Away At 68
Updated : April 07, 2020 10:29 AM IST
Actor Jay Benedict who is known for his role in Aliens and The Dark Knight Rises has died due to coronavirus comoplicati9okns. He was 68 years old.
Kristin Tarry, of TCG Artist Management, who represented Benedict for the past 20-plus years confirmed the news.
Pierce Brosnan took to his official Instagram account to post a tribute to his “Dearest friend”. The actor posted a picture of Him and Jay together and wrote, “My dearest friend Jay Benedict, brother in this life, has passed on... we were friends for so many years, forty years and change. This is a photo taken last May outside the stage door of the Lyric theatre on Shaftesbury Avenue London," he further wrote, "Jay and I played brothers in a Franco Zeffirelli production of Filumena... 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."
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He went on, “ "He was a courageous man of handsome life force, that shone its light in every room he walked into, down every road he traveled, 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."
We at Desimartini pray that his soul may rest in peace.