{"id":26628,"date":"2022-06-04T09:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T23:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/?p=26628"},"modified":"2022-06-04T09:30:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T23:30:28","slug":"melrose-place-star-brad-johnson-62-died-from-covid-in-february-his-family-reveals-as-they-pay-tribute-to-a-true-renaissance-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unshackledminds.com\/melrose-place-star-brad-johnson-62-died-from-covid-in-february-his-family-reveals-as-they-pay-tribute-to-a-true-renaissance-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Melrose Place star Brad Johnson, 62, died from COVID  in February, his family reveals &#8211; as they pay tribute to &#8216;a true  Renaissance man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul id=\"ext-gen124\"><li><strong>The actor, who featured in Steven Spileberg&#8217;s hit drama Always, passed away due to pneumonia after Covid<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>He died on February 18 in Fort Worth in Texas following his battle with Covid, his representative announced<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>His family said on Thursday that they remembered man who &#8216;lived life to the fullest&#8217; but &#8216;was taken too early&#8217;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Stephen+M.+Lepore+For+Dailymail.Com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published: 22:51 AEST, 3 June 2022 | Updated: 02:49 AEST, 4 June 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/melrose-place3.jpg?resize=840%2C471&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26629\" width=\"840\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/melrose-place3.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/unshackledminds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/melrose-place3.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption><strong>Johnson &#8211; seen here in 1989 &#8211; died on February 18 in Fort Worth, Texas , his representative Linda McAlister told The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Melrose Place star Brad Johnson died of coronavirus in February aged 62, his heartbroken family has revealed &#8211; as they paid tribute to a &#8216;true Renaissance man&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ext-gen125\">The actor, who also featured in Steven Spileberg&#8217;s hit drama Always, passed away due to pneumonia he contracted while fighting the deadly virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He died on February 18 in Fort Worth in Texas following his battle with Covid, his representative Linda McAlister announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His family released a heartbroken statement on Thursday night, remembering a man who &#8216;lived life to the fullest&#8217; but &#8216;was taken too early&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson rocketed to fame in his role as Dr Dominick O&#8217;Malley in the hit Fox drama Melrose Place, which he starred on in 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also featured in Spileberg&#8217;s romantic fantasy hit 1989 blockbuster Always, which he played the rising pilot Ted Baker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"ext-gen127\">The actor had stayed away from films over the last few years but had been planning a comeback in the Western Treasure Valley before it was shut down due to the writer and star of the film\u00a0Jay Pickett&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10881997\/Melrose-Place-star-Brad-Johnson-dead-62-Actor-Spielbergs-passed-away-COVID.html#comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actor, who featured in Steven Spileberg&#8217;s hit drama Always, passed away due to pneumonia after Covid He died on February 18 in Fort Worth in Texas following his battle with Covid, his representative announced His family said on Thursday that they remembered man who &#8216;lived life to the fullest&#8217; 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