Battlestar Galactica star Richard Hatch dies aged 71

[Jimbuna]

RIP Richard

[Rhodes]

R.I.P. Apollo!

[Sailor Steve]

That's sad. I enjoyed his backing role in the new Galactica as well as the original.

[Aktungbby]

“I never thought of being an actor,” he said. “I was far too shy, too insecure.”
In a peculiar twist, it was the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 that helped Mr. Hatch find his way into acting.
Mr. Hatch said he was going “nowhere” in college and enrolled in an oral interpretation class when a required English course was booked.
“It turned out to be my worst nightmare because I had to get up in front of people and read,” he said, according to his website. “I found myself flunking the course because I would choke up. I could hardly open my mouth.”

Halfway through the course, Kennedy was assassinated, an event that profoundly affected Mr. Hatch. He found an article about the president and took it to class for an assignment. Standing in front of his classmates, he suddenly found his voice.
“It was a major turning point in my life,” he said. “As I began to read this article, I got so affected by what I was saying that I forgot myself. I was expressing feelings and emotions I tended to keep locked inside of myself.” For a guy who couldn't speak in public he certainly overcame his demons!:Kaleun_Salute: http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2966674.1486509790!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/hatch8f-6-web.jpgAnd looked damn good doing it! http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/07/richard-hatch-star-battlestar-galactica-dead-at-71.html (http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/02/07/richard-hatch-star-battlestar-galactica-dead-at-71.html)

[Commander Wallace]

Rest in peace Richard.

[em2nought]

Man, time can fly.

I really liked how the old helmets looked Egyptian, I don't think anything like that carried over into the new show?

[Mike Abberton]

RIP Apollo and Tom Zarek

em2nought, the ships in the new series were generally similar to the old series (except the Cyclon basestars), but the costumes were very different.

[STEED]

Farewell.

[eddie]

May he rest in peace and thanks for the great memories from the original BSG series.

[Highbury]

R.I.P. Apollo, So say we all!

Man, time can fly.

I really liked how the old helmets looked Egyptian, I don't think anything like that carried over into the new show?

Not the Egyptian look of the helmets. Even in "First Cylon War" stuff where they used the same Mk1 Viper fighters the Egyptian helmets were never shown IIRC. The Greek Gods most certainly did carry over and were a big part of the show.