Hollywood
has
lost
one
of
its
own.
Obi
Ndefo,
who
starred
on
TV
shows
such
as Dawson’s
Creek
and Stargate
SG-1,
has
died.
He
was
51.
The
actor’s
sister’s
confirmed
his
death. “Heartbroken
at
the
loss
of
my
younger
brother,”
she
wrote
on
Instagram
Aug.
31, “and
knowing
he’s
finally
at
peace.”
The
cause
of
Obi’s
death
was
not
released.
The
actor,
who
starred
on Dawson’s
Creek
between
1998
and
2002
as
Bodie
Wells,
boyfriend
of
the
sister
of
Katie
Holmes‘
character
Joey
Potter,
died
five
years
after
he
had
both
legs
amputated
above
the
knee
after
a
car
accident.
In
2019,
Ob
was
hit
by
a
speeding
driver
on
a
Los
Angeles
street
while
loading
groceries
he
brought
at
an
Erewhon
natural
foods
supermarket
into
his
own
car.
The
driver
fled
the
scene
after
the
crash,
while
a
bystander
stayed
with
Obi
until
paramedics
arrived
to
bring
him
to
the
hospital. “I
just
started
repeating, ‘I’m
alive,
I’m
alive,
I’m
alive,
I’m
alive,'”
he
recalled
to
NBC
Los
Angeles
that
year, “just
to
keep
myself
calm.”
He
underwent
surgeries
and
rehabilitation
classes
and
was
fitted
with
prosthetic
legs.
Celebrity Fails
