'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' star Nicholas Brendon dies at 54, household says

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" Buffy the Vampire Slayer " star Nicholas Brendon died Friday, March 20, on the age of 54.

His household confirmed his dying in a press release to The Hollywood Reporter , telling the outlet, "We're heartbroken to share the passing of our brother and son, Nicholas Brendon.

"He handed in his sleep of pure causes," the assertion added. "Most individuals know Nicky for his work as an actor and for the characters he delivered to life through the years. In recent times, Nicky has discovered his ardour in portray and artwork. Nicky liked to share his enthusiastic expertise together with his household, buddies and followers. He was passionate, delicate and endlessly pushed to create.

"Those that actually knew him understood that his artwork was one of many purest reflections of who he was. Whereas it’s no secret that Nicholas had struggles up to now, he was on drugs and remedy to handle his analysis and he was optimistic in regards to the future on the time of his passing."

Brendon died Friday, March 20. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Pictures)

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They completed their assertion by asking the general public "for privateness throughout this time" as they take the time to "grieve his loss and celebrate the life of a person who lived with depth, creativeness, and coronary heart."

"Thanks to everybody who has proven love and help," they concluded.

In 2022, a submit on his Instagram account shared with followers that the actor had been rushed to the hospital after a cardiac incident, including he had been identified with a congenital heart defect .

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He then shared in a 2023 Instagram submit that he had a coronary heart assault and a number of spinal surgical procedures. The actor beforehand revealed he was identified with cauda equina syndrome, which the Cleveland Clinic describes as "the compression of a set of nerve roots" discovered "on the backside of your spinal wire" that management your potential to "transfer and really feel sensations in your legs and urinary bladder."

Brendon rose to fame because the star of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." (Kevin Winter/Getty Pictures)

Brendon broke into the leisure enterprise by starring as Xander Harris in all seven seasons of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," from 1997 to 2003.

Throughout that point, he additionally appeared in movies comparable to "Psycho Seaside Social gathering," "Onerous Floor" and "Survivor Island," later showing in in style TV reveals comparable to "Personal Observe" and "Prison Minds."

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"I really like that so a lot of you related with the present and the characters," he wrote on Instagram on "Buffy's" 25th anniversary . "And regardless of a few of the bittersweet recollections, I am going to at all times be so grateful I had the chance to play Xander and that it gave me the possibility to satisfy so a lot of you."