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Whedon/Angel fans - Andy Hallett (Lorne) is dead

40 replies

serenity · 31/03/2009 08:23

He was only 33. He'd been struggling with heart disease for a while apparently.

He was just so young

Bugger.

Commiserations to his family and friends.

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LuckySalem · 02/04/2009 20:44

That is horrible.

Poor poor man and such a young age.

Tidey · 02/04/2009 20:45

Lorne was my favourite character in Angel. Very sad news.

Thunderduck · 02/04/2009 21:27

Every time I think of it I keep welling up.

His poor family.He was their only child too. Not that it isn't tragic to lose a child in any situation but they don't have the love of another child to help them get through this.

Thunderduck · 02/04/2009 21:30

He was such a cutie without the makeup too. He had a great smile,he seemed to smile and giggle constantly in the interviews and clips of him I've seen.

A friend just bought me season 2 of Angel so I now have all of the seasons featuring Lorne, which I'll watch over the weekend.

JackBauer · 02/04/2009 21:35

Oh very Had no idea he was so young when it was filmed but he was brilliant, even under all that makeup.

Thunderduck · 02/04/2009 22:17

This thread needs Lorne quotes.

Winifred 'Fred' Burkle: Were you able to sleep, Lorne, or did you still hear that humming?
Lorne: Oh, I got some earplugs. Put 'em in and slept like a baby. Cried and wet the bed all night

Lorne: [singing to baby Connor in Brahms' Lullaby tune] Go to sleep, lullaby / You've been fed and you're sleepy / You'll be with Uncle Lorne / Who in no way resents not being asked to go to the ballet / And is certainly not thinking / Of selling you to the first vampire cult that makes him a decent offer...

after seeing Harmony throw a tantrum and storm out]
Spike: I must be in hell.
Lorne the Host: Ah, no. L.A. But a lot of people make that mistake

Lorne the Host: They need the hotspot because they're going to Pylea, my home dimension.
Agnes 'Aggie' Belfleur: And you're not going with them?
Lorne the Host: Aggie, I'd rather have a hydrochloric acid facial. I'd rather invite a hive of wasps to nest in my throat. I'd rather sit through a junior high school production of "Cats"! You see where I'm going with this?
Agnes 'Aggie' Belfleur: Not Pylea.
Lorne the Host: Exactamundo.

Landok: Your Mother's burden is terrible.
Lorne: Misses her little green boo, does she?
Landok: She rips your images into tiny pieces, feeds them to the swine, butchers the pigs and has their remains scattered for the dogs.
Lorne: Sounds like Ma

Host's Elder: Each morning, before I feed, I go out into the hills where the ground is thorny and parched, beat my breast and curse the loins that gave birth to such a cretinous boy-child!
Lorne: My mother!
Host's Elder: Your father was right. We ate the wrong son

Lorne the Host: I think I'm speaking for everyone when I say, if all you're gonna do is switch back to brood mode, we'd rather have you evil. Then, at least, leather pants.

JackBauer · 02/04/2009 22:21

Oh, you got my fave
Go to sleep, lullaby
You've been fed and your sleepy
You'll be with Uncle Lorne
Who in no way resents not being asked to go to the ballet
And is certainly, not thinking
Of selling you to the first vampire cult that makes him a decent offer.
Da Da Dum?

Also

Jumping Judas on a unicycle. What happened?

Thunderduck · 02/04/2009 22:27

LMAO. I love Jumping Judas on a unicycle.

shanks313 · 02/04/2009 22:32

I had the pleasure of meeting Andy at least 5 times at conventions and he was the most caring..funny...genuine person.I have so many fond memories of him.

We took my mum to see him one time and in the autograph queue she kept saying that she wanted Andy as in his autograph so when we got to him I said that she wanted him and Andy signed Im All Youra.

He used to get up on stage at 1am at the parties and bang out a tune...usually Lady Marmalade.

Andy was so dedicated to his fans that he travelled to Scotland a week after a heart attack to meet them.He then called his doctor in front of the audience to say hi.

Theres just a few snippets as to the kind of guy he was.

RIP Andy

Thunderduck · 02/04/2009 22:45

What a wonderful guy. It really isn't fair.

My friend who met him at a few conventions echoed your sentiments Shanks.

Thunderduck · 02/04/2009 23:11

Some more quotes.

Angel: [to the Pyleans] ... And the scroll was just tipping off his fingertips. And his eyes... The fighting was fierce! Whack! I chopped off the evil lawyer-beast's hand, and he screamed and he screamed... and then I left.
Lorne: Well, you're just the regular Hans Christian Tarantino, aren't you?

Lorne: You want me to talk to my family? On purpose?

[being shown Lorne's severed head]
Angel: He was...
Charles Gunn: Yeah.
Wesley Wyndam-Pryce: Mmm.
Lorne the Host: That's it?
Angel, Charles Gunn, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce: Aah!
Lorne the Host: Where's the praising and extolling of my virtues? Where's the love?

[the Host's buzzer is ringing insistently]
Lorne the Host: All right, all right. All right already. I'm not deaf, you know.
[answering the door]
Lorne the Host: Geez, keep your pants on!
[he opens the door to reveal Angel]
Lorne the Host: Well, I see we're a little late with that advice

Lorne: Come on. I'll hang my head out the window, see if I can pick up the Burkle vibe.
Charles Gunn: You can do that?
Lorne: No. But it sounds comforting and I could use the air

Angel: Two hundred highly intelligent law school graduates workin' full-time drivin' me crazy. Why the hell is everyone so surprised that it's working? But, no. It's, "Angel, why are you so cranky? Angel, you should lighten up. You should smile. You should wear a nice plaid."
Lorne: Oo, not this season, honey

Lorne the Host: [holding the torn body of the Angel puppet] Is there a Gepetto in the house?

SammyK · 03/04/2009 18:16

Saw this on Tuesday and didn't think to look on MN for a thread, he had a brilliant voice, and so sweet! His poor parents

I never considered his age when watching him in Angel but he was young to play such a brilliant character so well. RIP andy

Thunderduck · 03/04/2009 20:02

Today I went and got a donor card today because of Andy.

I'd thought about it before but it's taken the death of someone I admired to make me do it. It made me realise that when I die my organs could be the difference between a grieving family and one that still has their son/daughter/mother.

MamaHobgoblin · 06/04/2009 22:24

Oh god, that's gutting. How very, very sad.

elle23 · 10/04/2009 15:51

OMG am soooo shocked. v.v.sad

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