CNN.com – Death of Jonathan Brandis ruled suicide – Nov. 25, 2003 – There are many folks who compare Star Trek’s Wesley with the character Jonathan played on SeaQuest (Lucas). Even Wil Wheaton himself has on his own weblog. Although, I didn’t really like how each character came across in each series, I still felt I had a connection with them.
Perhaps, it’s just the geek in me (both characters were geeks in the shows. In real life, I have no idea if Jonathan was a geek. Wil on the other hand is a self proclaimed geek, which makes it really cool to go read his weblog and see what he’s up to.
Obviously, the characters in the shows haven’t died. I guess it’s that geek in me that feels sad that the real life guy who made the geeky character come alive has died. It’s hard to explain.
Interestingly, Wil has an entry about Jonathan’s death also and a comparison between himself and Jonathan. WIL WHEATON DOT NET: grinding halt
A moment of silence…
Update on 12/13/03: Question: Does anyone know or have heard why he did it? (preferably, not from a tabloid?
Update on 04/25/06: Jonathanbrandis.org – This site is a memorial to him. It has a good number of links, pictures, etc. and seems to be updated fairly often (and recently.)
I will always feel bad that Jon’s now gone, but
I feel especially bad that I never got in touch with him. I didn’t know he sometimes answered calls from fans. Even a few months before he died, I felt something wasn’t right with him ,you
could see it in his face he was hurting.
You can find more info and see pictures of his
apartment on http://www.findadeath.com. There is so much
conflicting information on various sites about
his suicide, I wish someone would clear the air.
First I would like to say my heart goes out to the family,friends and fans. I’ve been a fan since I first seen The Labybugs back in ’94. Well anyways the reason I’m writing is because of CDiddy at Dec 9,03. I will admit I’m upset to but thats no excuse to go off like that. I’m not saying I agree with what he did or anything. Plus by the way whats up with that “I wouldn’t want his genes mixing with one of my children” I mean fans can dream but it doesn’t mean its going to happen thou so why even comment. Then again everybody thinks or feels differently. I just think its rude and totally unsensitive to people who truly care about him thats all.I just really needed to speak my peace about that comment.I will truly miss those blue eyes and that smile that could brighten up anyones day. But most of all miss him:(
Jonathan was also my first love. I did the wall paper of him all over my room too. I am deep in sorrow about his death. My uncle hung himself too. I just found out surfing the net that he died. (todays date 05-30-2004) being in the Navy I don’t get to watch the news much. I am sorry for his family I know a little of what they are going through. Some times you can’t save everyone that wants to take their life. Just pray that they find a reason to live.
Today is May 30, 2004..and i just found out like two weeks ago about Johnathan Brandis..and i was totally shocked!! I saw it on Tv..and..i was just floored! So i had to go online..to find out why.and when..i was just confused!..He was a very beautiful person and i will miss thos baby blue eyes.. forever! RIP Johnathan.. Miss you! ~ Manda, kansas
i loved jonathan as an actor,as a person..for everything he was..i was watching movies he acted because of him..i can’t say how SORRY i am ..u was a fan of him althogh he wasn’t very popular in my country…
i loved jonathan as an actor,as a person..for everything he was..i was watching movies he acted because of him..i can’t say how SORRY i am ..i was a fan of him althogh he wasn’t verry popular in my country…
I just found out about Johnathan’s death, it really got to me. I remember watching SEA Quest, and Johnathan’s talent brought life, humor and youth to the series. I was not one of those who plastored my walls with his face, he deserved more than to be idiolized in some childish crush. There are few child or teen actors that can pull off the talent that he displayed in SEA Quest. It’s not any of our right to judge his actions, except for himself. Try putting your self in his shoes, before you criticize him. It’s a tragedy that no one recognized his talent in latter years and that, that is purhaps a reason for him taking his own life. The world has lost a good person, actor and human being . . . not just a pretty face out of a bop magazine.
I along with alot of teenage girls posted Brandis posters all ver my room, and i dreamed of meeting him. My dream came true when i noticed he would be at The Auto Show in Louisville. MY HOME TOWN! I waited in line for hours and when I finaaly stood before him the only thing I could get out is “I like your hair” he laughed and told me”I like yours too.” My heart dropped and held out my arm and he sighned my bomber jacket, and then he signed my picture. I also had the privilage of having my picture taken with him. He smiled big and now at 26 i still remember that moment as one of the best in my life. I’LL MISS YOU JOHNATHAN you did a great job!!!!!!!!!!MUAHHHHHHH!
I read a long time ago about Jonathans death. I was curious to find out what hed been up to and then I found out he passed on. I pulled out my tapes of seaQuest and watched them. I felt like a little girl again although I was crying the whole time because Johnathan was no longer with us.I remember watching Sidekicks till the tape won’t play and taking martial arts just because he did. I met him at a sci – fi convention in 94 and he was as nice in person as he was on tv.
“The world lost one of its finest actors but heaven gained an angel that sad day.”
Greg and Mary my prayers are forever with you.
May the Lord grant you strength in your journey to heal. The wound will never be whole but the grief will lessen. I know, I ve gone through it.
I will forever miss you Jonathan you were the idol for many of us.
May legions of angels fly thee to thy rest.
I read a long time ago about Jonathans death. I was curious to find out what hed been up to and then I found out he passed on. I pulled out my tapes of seaQuest and watched them. I felt like a little girl again although I was crying the whole time because Johnathan was no longer with us.I remember watching Sidekicks till the tape won’t play and taking martial arts just because he did. I met him at a sci – fi convention in 94 and he was as nice in person as he was on tv.
“The world lost one of its finest actors but heaven gained an angel that sad day.”
Greg and Mary my prayers are forever with you.
May the Lord grant you strength in your journey to heal. The wound will never be whole but the grief will lessen. I know, I ve gone through it.
I will forever miss you Jonathan you were the idol for many of us.
May legions of angels fly thee to thy rest.
I read a long time ago about Jonathans death. I was curious to find out what hed been up to and then I found out he passed on. I pulled out my tapes of seaQuest and watched them. I felt like a little girl again although I was crying the whole time because Johnathan was no longer with us.I remember watching Sidekicks till the tape won’t play and taking martial arts just because he did. I met him at a sci – fi convention in 94 and he was as nice in person as he was on tv.
“The world lost one of its finest actors but heaven gained an angel that sad day.”
Greg and Mary my prayers are forever with you.
May the Lord grant you strength in your journey to heal. The wound will never be whole but the grief will lessen. I know, I ve gone through it.
I will forever miss you Jonathan you were the idol for many of us.
May legions of angels fly thee to thy rest.
I saw a movie last night, Fall into darkness. I wanted to know who he was… today I found out and I decided that he was totally hot. Then I read, date of birth, then, date of death. I was so shocked. He died last year! I am a year too late and I wonder why he hung himself. I mean, if he got shor or someone else did it, I would feel remorse but, why suicide?! I guess maybe he was pushed to act and he really didn’t want to or maybe he thought he didn’t have a good life because it was consumed by acting. Why did he do it? I don’t care at this point, I just found out and I am pissed, there won’t be any other like him. Rest in Peace. Oh and, does anyone know where he was buried?
It sadden me today to look up my childhood heart throb… to find out that he was dead!! I too was one of the girls that adored and gave my heart away to Jonathan. Every week I was addicted to the Magazines that would have the smallest amount of news revolving around Jon. I took a million pictures of the lake at Universal Studios, because that’s where SeaQuest was shot and Jon of course had to have swam in the waters. I still, at the age of 24, have my box of Jon… as I still can’t find it in me to part with it. The world lost a brilliant, talented, good-hearted man. Although my love for him has diminished, He will still forever have a spot in my heart as my teenage heart throb. My heart and feelings go out to his family, even months later after the incident. What a loss…
I was shocked to hear of Jonathan’s death it is very tragic that someone so young felt their was no way out other
than to take their own life! My mum died shortly after Jonathan (not by suicide but cancer), Maybe that is why I’m so sad
because I know how hard it is to lose someone close to you, I feel for his family and friends even now 8 months on it doesn’t get
much easier.
My thoughts and prayers are with everyone who loved and cared for Jonathan!
I LOVE JOHNATHAN GREGORY BRANDIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!MORE THAN ALL YALS
I was depressed for a month after I heard about hid death. I hope he was looking for!
I was depressed for a month after I heard about hid death. I hope he was looking for!
I meant to say I hope he found the peace he was looking for!
I was depressed for a month after I heard about hid death. I hope he was looking for!
I meant to say i hope he found the peace he was looking for!
I was depressed for a month after I heard about hid death. I hope he was looking for!
I meant to say, I hope he found the peace he was looking for!
I meant to say, I hope he found the peace he was looking for!
I was depressed for a month after I heard about hid death. I hope he was looking for!
i felt so sad the day that i found out that jonathan died it was nov 27 2003 i was watching the abc
news and then i saw his face i heard that he killed himself up to this day i really want to know
why he did it i guess maybe we will never know but anyway i pay respect to his wife and son and
family it must be a difficult time for them so r.i.p jonathan brandis we all miss you terribly
Isn’t heartbreaking to see how one person could touch so many lives? Like maybe if he could have seen what a difference he made in the lives of others, he wouldn’t have given up. I have to admit, like most of you, I was shocked to hear of Jonathan’s death. My deepest sympathy to family and friends. Though I never knew him personally, I will say that I admired him. A great actor has the ability to capture the attention of an invisible audience. Jonathan had that ability. I really felt a connection with him, when in reality, I know that I was connecting with his gift. I always loved the movie IT because it really showed off this ability. He will be missed. I can’t say I knew him personally, but he always gave off such a radiant ora. Again, my heart goes out to his family and friends for their tremendous loss.
I’ll never forget the guy I wanted to marry,when I was younger. Jonathan was a great actor just as
good as Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise! He had been acting since he was young, yet as he grew up his
popularity faded and so did the crushes that many teens had for him. The reason for his suicide?
We don’t know.I feel deeply saddened, I probably won’t ever be able to watch any of my favorite
movies,such as, Ladybug,The Neverending Story:The Next Chapter,and,Two Came Back, without feeling
depressed.I have never felt like this before,I just feel so sad.One thing is for sure,I’ll NEVER
forget the baby-faced actor with blue eyes in wich you would look into and see everything you
wanted to see.Though I wish I had, I never met Jon,still, my stomach twists,and tears come out of my
eyes everytime I remember Jon’s movies,his face,and,of course,his beautiful blue eyes with wich I’ve
always been I love with.It’s just, that he had so much to give.If you had seen him in his movies
you would have never guessed what his fate was going to be.I miss you,Jon,and may god be with you
always.I hope that wich ever your reason was for suicide, that it may never haunt you again!
Yesterday, as I watched Two Came Back,I suddenly wondered how Jonathan Brandis was,
so I logged online, only to find out that,Jon, had killed himself! I suddenly felt
mad and sad,I was mad because I hadn’t seen anything in magazines,and sad because
Jon had died.One of my favorite actors had died and barely anything had appeared in
magazines, and yet when Julia Roberts goes shopping they have a big article ’bout it.
That really angered me, that they would devote two pages to somebody picking out
shoes, and a little corner of a page to the death of somebody who captivited our
hearts when we were teenagers. Anyhow, I truly miss Jonathan and will always hold his
pure blue eyes deep, inside my heart. God Bless You, Jonathan Gregory Brandis!
Jonathan is so cute, I can’t get over that fact that he has died. His movies will be treasured forever!
It’s sad. Very sad. I know it’s very late but I just found out that he
died. Hope he’s in a better place now.
Yo, yo, yo. Sorry peeps. Jon was da dawg. To bad he died. We all missin’ ya, Jonny boy. Ya’ll, truly,
I’m Sorry,Jon died. He was my homie. Bless ya, home busquit
I hadnt heard about jonathan for a while, so i decided to google him. I cant believe he is dead,
I only hope that whereever he is, he is happy, and that he knows he is truley loved.
I am glad John had the balls to killm himself.Why go through life unhappy.Way to go John
I was watching a movie “lady Bugs” of course Johnathan Brandis was in it…
I thought he was so cute in the movie. I decided to call my sister and I
asked her to if she knew anything about Johnathan…she asked me…
“you didn’t hear?”…”hear what?” I asked…”he’s dead…head hung himself
back in November.” I was so shocked…I did not know what to think.
I felt terrible…I hope he can rest in peace..and all my condolances to family friends and his girlfriend Tatiana Ali
Just the other day a good friend and I were talking about our childhood
crushes. We both mentioned that we thought Jonathon Brandis was a hotty
and seemed to be genuinely nice too. Today she came into work and said
“hey, I was looking to see if Jonathon Brandis has been in anything lately”
“and…” I said very interested, since I had not heard anything of him in
a while. “He committed Suicide last Novemeber”. I was in total shock.
A very good friend of mine committed suicide last November as well on the
8th. It is a subject that is very, very close to home still. I truly
wish his family and close friends the best because I personally know that
even today it is a struggle not to break down and cry over the loss of
my good friend. Suicide is a horrible thing. It carries with it a pain
that can not be described and so no attempt can be even be made. May
Jonathon rest in peace and may his family know that my prayers will be
with them. Time does heal all wounds, but some scars we carry with us
for life.
Hey.
When I
first heard
that Jonathan
Brandis had
killed himself,
I was shocked.
I was sad for
several weeks.
I know that it’ll
take years for
Jonathan’s
family to heal.
I also know
that whenever
I turn on
the television
I hope that
Ladybugs will
come on
(I love that movie,
Jonathan was so
cute in it).
But if you
were a big
fan, get
on with
your life,
and remember
Jonathan
once in
while.
fan,
rest in peace
I was just watching Never Ending story II and suddenly I remembered the huge crush I had on Jonothan Brandis and I wanted to see what he was upto and when I found out just now! that he was dead I felt like one of my bestr friends had died…In reallity I know I would never meet him but for somebody with so much potential to be taken from this earth makes me want to weep…one day we will finally know why he did….I just hope he knows how much he is missed and loved
I will always remember your sweet smiling face.
Why did he do it?
DON’T MAGAZINES CARE ABOUT JONATHAN???!!!! I haven’t found one single popular magazine
that has even a small article about him!!Personaly, I TOTALLY agree with Jennifer.
It’s SO NOT FAIR TO JOHNATHAN. Maybe that’s why he killed himself, because he was
used to fame as a child and teenager but as he grew up people started forgetting
him. It may be just me, but I haven’t seen or heard about Jonathan since he was a
teenager. His death didn’t get the respect that it deserved. Mary-Kate’s eating
disorder? That spread all over. The Olsen twins turning 18? Spread all over.J.Lo’s
marrige to Marc Anthony? Everyone knew about that. Brad Pitt eating a snow cone?
Half the world knew adout that, too. But Jonathan Brandis’ death? Almost nobody read
about that!
Rest In Peace.
I went searching for new stuff about Jonathan hoping to see that maybe he had an upcoming movie
and then I see all over the net that he had killed himself a year ago?!?! Why was this not publicly
written about? This talented actor spends years giving people entertainment and the press can’t even
give a single minute to devote their prayers and thoughts? What is wrong with this world?
I agree with Jennifer and Evanscence. The magazines only care about superficial things
such as fashion and beauty tips and how to like a celebrity. Magazines try to dig up
dirt on celebrities that are as clean as soap and try to plublish things about their
heartaches and the relationships that they would like to keep private.
CELEBRITIES ARE HUMAN, THEY ARE NOT PERFECT SO WHEN ONE OF THEM DIES WE SHOULD
SHOW SYMPATHY, RESPECT, AND SORROW, SPECIALLY IF SOMEONE LIKE JONATHAN BRANDIS
DIED! Terri is right, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE WORLD?!
Hey ya holme slices. 2 bad bout John. We was best dawgs. any1 who hated him is a luzr.
hope he better now. Peace out.
Jonathan, if you were here now I’m sure that you would be happy.
If there is a heaven And your soul is still alive, then I hope
you have a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS. Anybody who is reading this, listen…
Christmas is a time to cherish what you’ve got, be happy, and give to others.
I’m learning that the hard way, you see, I lost my dog and now I know
if you love someone protect them and make sure they are save over the
holidays, even if it takes a little extra work.
MERRY CHRISTMAS! AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!
it amazes me how so many people have the same reaction to his death. i was sitting her watching leonardo dicaprio on jay leno and reminiscing with my husband about the crushes i had in my early teens and i wondered what happened to jonathan brandis. so here i am and i wanted to add my 2 cents that he’ll never be forgotten. prayers to his family.
I wonder how Jon would feel if he knew the amount of fans he had left and how much we still all adored him.
any way you look at this its a tragedy no matter his reasons or motives he was 27 at the beggining of a beautiful young life I hope there is somehow some postive brought from this. Suicide is selfish. I’m sorry for his friends and famlies loss as we now quickly approach his 29th birthday. happy birthday and thank you for the fond child hood memories i have of you as my first crush
i just found out tonight that Johnathan was dead, while surfing the net for info on Ralph Macchio. ofcurse i quit what i was doing and began to find sites about Johnathan instead. its weird, but when i was a kid and watching his movies, i really wished that i was him, and a big movie star. i actually looked up to him even though i was a boy. he was a great actor and ya…he was pretty cute. anyway, rest in peace Johnathan. thanks for being such a great role model.
Wow. This sucks, but I just found out about this tonight. I was just thinking that I wanted to meet Jonathan Brandis and decided to pop online to see what kind of info I could find on him. I never thought I’d find that he’d killed himself! I just don’t know what to think about that right now. I guess I’m just in shock. Such a hottie….so young. God rest his soul.