Angel’s Andy Hallet Dies of Heart Failure at 33; Remembered as “Beacon of Love and Laughter”

Andy Hallet, who played suave demon Lorne on Angel, has died after a five-year battle with heart disease, according to his agent. He was 33.

The actor died of heart failure at Cedars Sinai Medical Center Monday, Hallet’s agent and friend Pat Brady told E! Online. Hallet’s father, Dave, was by the actor’s side when he died.

Hallet was from the Cape Cod village of Osterville, Mass., and appeared in more than 70 episodes of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off Angel as Lorne, a friendly demon who hosted and performed karaoke at a demon bar. Angel castmate Charisma Carpenter tells TVGuide.com, “Andy was a beacon of love and laughter.”

Also a musician, Hallet contributed two songs — “Lady Marmalade” and “It’s Not Easy Being Green” — to the Angel: Live Fast, Die Never soundtrack in 2005.

Hallet spent his post-Angel career working on his music and touring the country before being admitted to the hospital three or four times over the last few years. A private funeral will be held in Cape Cod, most likely over the weekend.

New episodes of Greek kick off tonight and if you were wondering whether Charisma would be appearing in any episodes this season, here’s the answer:

I’m hoping we haven’t seen the last of Tegan. Any word on Charisma Carpenter returning to “Greek”? -Rachel
We won’t see Charisma in this batch of episodes, but that doesn’t mean she’s done with the show. There’s always next cycle.

Source: Zap2it.com

The March 30 – April 12 double issue of TV Guide has this to say about Charisma’s appearance on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, airing Thursday, April 9 at 9/8c.

Charisma Carpenter makes Vegas even hotter, adding lotsa sizzle to the case of a dead skydiver.

The start date for filming on The Expendables has been pushed back a month. As a result, Forest Whitaker had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict and has been replaced with Curtis Jackson a.k.a 50 Cent. Sly Stallone posted a letter to discuss the change and with it he included a cast list with character names.

P.S. Also, for clarification:
Hale Caesar is Curtis Jackson
Toll Road (new character) is Randy Couture
Monroe is Eric Roberts
Tool (an ex-Expendable) is Mickey Rourke
Bao is Jet Li
Lee Christmas is Jason Statham
Lacy is Charisma Carpenter
Sandra is Giselle Itie (famous Brazilian actress)
And
Barney ‘the schizo’ Ross is Yours Truly.

JoBlo.com is reporting that Lionsgate has announced a release date for The Expendables. As the movie has not started filming yet, this is probably subject to change.

We’ve got word today that Lionsgate has set an April 23, 2010 release for the film. That’s a little over a year away (an agonizing year away) and right now it’s only competition is the Chris Rock/Tracy Morgan comedy DEATH AT A FUNERAL.