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Lie To Me

A little over two months since the death of Nicholas Brendon, another cast member of Buffy the Vampire Slayer has shuffled off this mortal coil.  Anthony Stewart Head died yesterday at the age of 72 due to complications from pneumonia, according to a statement released by his daughters.  His longtime partner, Sarah Fisher, passed away in December.

Head found international fame as Rupert Giles in the hit supernatural show in the late 1990s.  More recently, he had starred as Rupert Mannion, the ex-husband of Hannah Waddingham’s character on Ted Lasso.  He first found fame in the UK in the 1980s as the face of a series of Nescafe commercials and was also known for his roles in Doctor Who, Merlin, and Little Britain.

Head is now the third main member of the Buffy cast to pass away, following Brendon in March and Michelle Trachtenberg last February.  He is survived by his two daughters.

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Another One Bites The Dust

Little more than a year after the death of former co-star Michelle Trachtenberg, Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Nicholas Brendon died Friday at his San Francisco home at the age of 54.  Brendon, who had suffered public struggles with alcohol and drug abuse and mental illness, revealed in 2023 that he had suffered a heart attack and had been diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.  His death is believed to have been due to natural causes.

Brendon made his first mark in the entertainment industry as Xander Harris on Buffy, starring for the show’s seven season run between the WB and the CW.  He failed to find long term success following the show’s end, starring in the adaptation of Anthony Bourdain’s memoir Kitchen Confidential, which lasted four episodes, and scoring notable guest appearances on Criminal Minds and Private Practice.

It has been a rough week for Buffy fans, with Brendon’s death coming on the heels of the news that Hulu was passing on the pilot for the planned sequel series from director Chloe Zhao and original star Sarah Michelle Gellar.