A Shining Star Lost in a Cultural Wasteland

Jonathan Gregory Brandis, a great artist and actor and a person who will never get to fulfill the enormous potential and live the life laid before him because he died at 27, is now added to the rapidly rising list of great talent in this country lost to suicide. There is nothing glamorous or beautif...

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Published in:TelevisionWeek 2003-12, Vol.22 (49), p.12
Main Author: Hayley Taylor Block
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Actors
Artists
Brandis, Jonathan
Cities
Culture
Entertainment industry
Happiness
Letters to the editor
Suicides & suicide attempts
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Summary:Jonathan Gregory Brandis, a great artist and actor and a person who will never get to fulfill the enormous potential and live the life laid before him because he died at 27, is now added to the rapidly rising list of great talent in this country lost to suicide. There is nothing glamorous or beautiful about dying young or mindlessly self-destructing in the cultural wasteland that the US, and especially Los Angeles, is slowly becoming. Brandis, raised in Connecticut, the only child of loving and supportive parents, moved to Los Angeles as a child and soon became famous for his starring roles in films such as "Ladybugs" and "The NeverEnding Story II: the Next Chapter" and his role as a series regular on "SeaQuest DSV." But in a town where appearance and money are everything, even people who arrive in Los Angeles with true values and a sincere love of the art often find themselves caught up in the belief that you are nobody if you are not beautiful and famous, young and rich.
ISSN:1544-0516