Jason David Frank, Longtime Power Ranger, Has Passed Away

Jason David Frank has handed away on the age of 49. The information was initially broke by his private coach and shut buddy, Mike Bronzoulis, and later corroborated by TMZ (by way of Frank’s consultant), together with fellow Rangers actors Walter Jones and Blake Foster. 

Frank, born on September 4, 1973, was finest often called Tommy Oliver within the long-running Power Rangers franchise. The collection was his performing debut, and he would function the Green (and later White) Ranger for the unique Mighty Morphin Power Rangers collection. Though he was solely meant to look for 14 episodes, he grew to become so standard that he would proceed to play Tommy in different Power Rangers seasons, Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo (Red), and Dino Thunder (Black), together with appearances in anniversary specials. He additionally consulted on the 2018 graphic novel Soul of the Dragon from author Kyle Higgins and artist Giuseppe Cafaro.

Outside of Power Rangers, Frank’s filmography consists of the Nineties collection Sweet Valley High, an episode of Family Matters (critically), the pilot for 1994’s VR Troopers, and an episode of We Bare Bears the place he performed the Silver Bear, a sendup of his well-known superhero function.

In 2020, Frank introduced a Kickstarter for his brief movie, Legend of the White Dragon. It later expanded right into a full characteristic movie and options in its solid fellow Power Rangers alums Jason Faunt (Time Force), Ciara Hanna (Megaforce), together with Mark Dacascos and Frank’s daughter Jenna. The movie is predicted to launch in 2023 and will likely be his last function.

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