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<\/p>\nDawson\u2019s Creek star Obi Ndefo has died at the age of 51, five years after losing both his legs in a horrific crash, his sister has confirmed.<\/p>\n
The cause of the actors death is unknown, but his sister and co-stars confirmed his passing in a heartfelt social media tributes.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother and knowing he\u2019s finally at peace,\u2019 his sister Nkem Ndefo said Saturday on Facebook.
\nNdefo, who is a graduate of Yale, appeared in Dawson\u2019s Creek between 1998 and 2002, where he played Katie Holmes\u2019 character\u2019s brother-in-law Bodie Wells.<\/p>\n
He additionally starred in Stargate SG-1 between 2000 and 2005.
\nThe actor has also featured in episodes of The West Wing, NYPD Blue, Crossing Jordan and The District.<\/p>\n
He is also the founder of the Los Angeles based non-profit Arts Alliance for Humanity, an organization that works to carry out arts educations programs in the community.<\/p>\n
Mary-Margaret Humes, who played Dawson\u2019s mom Gale Leery on the show, dedicated an Instagram post to Ndefo.<\/p>\n
\u2018These words don\u2019t come easy,\u2019 she said. \u2018It\u2019s hard for me to conceive that you have left us, my dear friend. You always were and always will be a bright shining light. What an example of pure unfiltered love and tenacity you set as you faced life\u2019s challenges of recent.<\/p>\n
\u2018I will cherish all of our messages of love and support to each other over the past few years. Rest in peace sweet warrior.\u2019<\/p>\n
Ndefo was seriously injured in an August 2019 hit-and-run crash. Surgeons were forced to amputate his legs \u2013 one was left completely shattered and the other partially severed.
\nHe was loading a cooler in his trunk outside of an Erewhon Market on Beverly Boulevard when a drunk driver veered out of lane and struck him, according to the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n
Ndefo\u2019s friends and family set up a GoFundMe account in the aftermath of the incident \u2013 and raised more than $290,000.<\/p>\n
The page stated that the money would go towards \u2018new prosthetic legs, surgery and hospital costs not covered by insurance, and making Ndefo\u2019s home wheelchair accessible\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dawson\u2019s Creek star Obi Ndefo has died at the age of 51, five years after losing both his legs in a horrific crash, his sister has confirmed. The cause of the actors death is unknown, but his sister and co-stars confirmed his passing in a heartfelt social media tributes. \u2018Heartbroken at the loss of my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorial"],"yoast_head":"\n