JONATHAN Brandis was an American entertainer who began his profession as a kid model.

The 27-year-old took his own life in 2003 after his acting fortunes began to decline.

Jonathan Brandis turned into a high schooler symbol with an army of female fansCredit: Getty Pictures - Getty

Who was Jonathan Brandis?

Jonathan Gregory Brandis was brought into the world in Danbury, Connecticut, on April 13, 1976, to Mary and Gregory Brandis, their lone youngster.

At just two years of age Brandis turned into a youngster model for Buster Earthy colored shoes and gradually advanced to acting in television ads two years after the fact.

He handled the job of Kevin Buchanan in the drama One Life to Live when he was matured 6.

The family moved to Los Angeles, California, when he was nine, and made visitor appearances in various shows including Murder, She Composed, The Marvel Years and LA Regulation.

At the point when Brandis was 14 he was projected in his initially featuring job as Bastian Bux in The Ceaseless Story II: The Following Part.

Around the same time, he additionally showed up in Stephen Ruler's It. He additionally won jobs in Companions and LadyBugs.

Matured 17 he showed up in one of his most popular jobs as a logical wonder, Lucas Wolenczak, in Steven Spielberg's sci-fi series, seaQuest DSV.

The job acquired him an army of young fans.

He made his last onscreen appearance in the activity show, Puerto Vallarta Press, featuring Harvey Keitel and Scott Glenn.

Brandis went to Valley Proficient School and graduated in 1993.

How did Jonathan Brandis die?

Brandis was tracked down dead in his Los Angeles loft on November 11, 2003.

He was hurried to the Cedars-Sinai Clinical Center yet kicked the bucket from his wounds the next day.

The 27-year-old didn't leave a self destruction note. Companions detailed that he was discouraged about his fading vocation.

Reports say he had begun to drink intensely and had recently communicated he needed to commit suicide.

What have people said about his passing?

In Walk 2021, Punky Brewster star, Soleil Moon Frye, uncovered she "cried" while returning and paying attention to old voice messages from her late companion.

While revisiting every last bit of her old accounts and recordings, Soleil told Individuals: "I found such countless voice messages Jonathan left me when we were kids.

"Some of them were 10 minutes in length, his deepest contemplations. It just made me cry paying attention to them. He was a genuine companion."

She added: "I had a few components of responsibility not seeing [the pain].

"How frequently do we truly take a gander at one another and go, 'How are you?' and really hear what somebody is talking about? I discovered that I simply wasn't tuning in the manner I do now."

Soleil said she actually feels him around her and that she'll continuously "convey his recollections" with her.
In an April 2023 meeting with Yippee!, The Miracle Years entertainer Danica McKellar said she recollects her high school co-star as "truly enjoyable to work with," "so magnetic" and "simply a truly imaginative person."