Hollywood has misplaced certainly one of its personal.

Obi Ndefo, who starred on TV exhibits resembling Dawson’s Creek and Stargate SG-1, has died. (*51*) was 51.

The actor’s sister’s confirmed his dying. “Heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother,” she wrote on Instagram Aug. 31, “and knowing he’s finally at peace.”

The explanation for Obi’s dying was not launched.

The actor, who starred on Dawson’s Creek between 1998 and 2002 as Bodie Wells, boyfriend of the sister of Katie Holmes‘ character Joey Potter, died 5 years after he had each legs amputated above the knee after a automotive accident.

In 2019, Ob was hit by a rushing driver on a Los Angeles road whereas loading groceries he introduced at an Erewhon pure meals grocery store into his personal automotive.

The driver fled the scene after the crash, whereas a bystander stayed with Obi till paramedics arrived to carry him to the hospital. “I just started repeating, ‘I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m alive,’” he recalled to NBC Los Angeles that 12 months, “just to keep myself calm.”

(*51*) underwent surgical procedures and rehabilitation courses and was fitted with prosthetic legs.