Actor Obi Ndefo is perhaps best known for playing Bodhi Wells in Warner Bros.' “The King of Fighters.” Dawson's Creekdied on Saturday at age 51. The actor died five years after losing both his legs in a hit-and-run accident. The cause of death is unknown.
“My heart is broken over the loss of my brother, but I am glad to know he has finally rested in peace,” the actor's sister, Nkem Ndefo, said in a Facebook post on Saturday.
My heart is broken after losing my brother 💔 But I know he can finally rest in peace ❤️🕊️✨
Contributor Nkem Ndefo On Saturday, August 31, 2024
In addition to being an actor, Ndefo is also an author, yoga teacher and founder of the Los Angeles-based Arts Alliance for Humanity, a nonprofit organization focused on cultivating arts literacy in local communities and public schools.
August 2019, Stargate SG-1 The actor was loading groceries into the trunk when a speeding SUV veered out of its lane and slammed into him, severed his right leg and leaving his left leg barely hanging on by skin alone. According to of Los Angeles Times.
The driver then sped off, leaving Ndefo stranded on the road, but a 25-year-old man who abandoned the damaged SUV less than a mile from the hit-and-run scene was arrested the next day on suspicion of felony DUI resulting in injury.
A few months after the incident, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine The actor, who was wearing a prosthetic leg at the time, LA Times He maintained that he did not feel “even the slightest bit” of hatred or anger towards the driver and that harboring such feelings would only be self-destructive.
Ndefo, a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, reportedly continued practicing yoga after the accident.
“These words do not come easily. It is painful to imagine you leaving us, my dear friend,” Ndefo said. Dawson's Creek co-star Mary Margaret Humes, who played Gail Leery on the show, wrote in an Instagram post on Sunday.
“You have been and will always remain a bright shining light,” Humes added. “You set an example of pure and unadorned love and tenacity as you faced life's recent challenges. I will treasure all of the messages of love and encouragement we sent to each other over the past few years. Rest in peace, my sweet warrior.”
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