Aktor Jay Benedict Meninggal karena Virus Corona

Fimela.com, Jakarta Bintang Emmerdale dan The Dark Knight Rises Jay Benedict dilaporkan meninggal pada 4 April 2020, setelah terinfeksi virus corona.

Meninggal di usia 69 tahun, agen Jay menyebut aktornya mengalami komplikasi yang timbul dari infeksi Covid-19. "Dengan kesedihan yang mendalam kami mengumumkan kematian klien kami yang terhormat, Jay Benedict, yang sore ini kalah dalam pertempuran dengan COVID-19," ujar agannya dalam sebuah tweet yang diunggah Sabtu (4/4/2020) sore, waktu setempat.

 

 

 

View this post on Instagram

My dearest friend Jay Benedict, brother in this life, has passed on, slipped the mortal coils this day... 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 ...the stage door was tucked in right next door to the Old Windmill Theatre. Jay and I played brothers in a Franco Zeffirelli production of Filumena ... He played Ricardo the shirt maker, I played Michele the plumber. We were on that Lyric stage for the best part of year....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. 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. My deepest sympathies and condolences go out to his beloved wife Phoebe, his sons Leo and Freddie, my dearest God sons, peace be with you all dear hearts. Uncle Pierce

A post shared by Pierce Brosnan (@piercebrosnanofficial) on Apr 4, 2020 at 2:47pm PDT

Kesedihan pun menyelimuti rekan-rekan seprofesinya, mulai dari Pierce Brosnan, Vicki Michelle, serta David Menkin, yang menunjukkan bela sungkawanya lewat media sosial.

"Jay dan saya bermain sebagai saudara dalam produksi Filumena karya Franco Zeffirelli ... Hidup begitu menyenangkan bersama Jay, di panggung dan di luar, kami banyak tertawa di dunia sekeliling kami, (menertawakan) diri kami, selalu melihat sisi lucu kehidupan," tulis Pierce mengenang sosok Jay Benedict.