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One of many stars of the drama Spartacus has died aged 49 after asserting in January that he had most cancers.
Ioane ‘John’ King was identified with adenocarcinoma most cancers which rapidly unfold to his pancreas and different organs.
The New Zealand actor performed gladiator Rhaskos within the Starz franchise Spartacus.
Manu Bennett, who performed Crixus within the present, paid tribute to his co-star on Instagram.
“On Spartacus John was employed as an additional however with a strong presence & ever constructive angle amongst the solid & crew, gained himself the talking function of Rhaskos,” he mentioned. “I keep in mind John most fondly for his large grin & sparkle in his eye when he would welcome me & others onto set every day providing the Gladiatorial forearm handshake & acknowledging in his deep raspy voice, ‘Brother!’”
His household shared a press release on Fb, saying the actor “handed within the firm of loving family and friends.”
“John leaves an enormous gap on this world, having been an exquisite husband, father, son, brother, buddy and human being. These of us fortunate to have met him will stick with it along with his legacy of kindness, constructive affect, onerous work and love.”
The household earlier had began a fundraiser on-line saying that John and his spouse Christelle had been hit with the most cancers information six weeks after they moved into their very own house.
King’s loss of life follows the loss of life of Spartacus co-star Andy Whitfield, who was identified with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010, and died 18 months later at age 39.