Andi “Spartacus” Whitfield, Dies at 39
Actor Andy Whitfield, 39, star of the series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” has died of lymphoma, a form of cancer.
Andy Whitfield was born in Amlwch, Wales (United Kingdom) in 1972. He began to make his first jobs in the media in Australia where he moved in 1999 after marrying Vashti with whom he had two children.
Before becoming an actor, Andy worked as an engineer. After spending the communication world, participated in Australian series such as “Opening Up”, “The Strip” and “All Saints”.
It’s Passage through the World of Cinema
Andy got her first starring role in the movie “Gabriel” and also appeared in the Australian thriller “The Clinic”.
His consecration in the world of television came with the series ” Spartacus: Blood and Sand “which won the lead role and which was Spartacus, a soldier who had to fight as a gladiator and is in charge of leading a revolution against the Romans.
Cancer Diagnosis and Removal of Television
In March 2010 he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which began receiving treatment in New Zealand. For this reason, delayed the launch of the second season of “Spartacus: Blood and Sand”. Finally, the production of the series made a prequel called “Spartacus: Gods of the sand” while waiting for the recovery of English actor.
After completing his recovery in June, the actor was expected to return in September for filming the second season of Spartacus. But that did not happen, as it reaches this date, physicians reported the complications of cancer and thus Andy would never do the role of Spartacus as he had to withdraw from the production of the series to treat their cancer properly and start a second phase of treatment, this more aggressive than before.
The Last Months of Life and Death
Andy could not overcome the cancer as well as the battles of the series Spartacus. After several months of treatment, the English actor died on September 11, 2011 in Sydney (Australia), at the age of 39.
His wife, Vashti, reports that her husband died as “a beautiful young warrior” and as Australian newspapers say, Andy left this world “on a sunny morning in Sydney in the arms of his beloved wife.”
His replacement in the series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” will be his friend Liam McIntyre, who accompanied Andy during their participation in this series.