I found myself drawn to the report of the missing actor immediately for reasons I could not voice.

I’d been busy fine tuning the various social-networking accounts I’d recently set up and the associated apps that went with them when the update to Twitter first appeared – probably from CNN or one of the local TV channels I monitor.

We soon learned his name, Andrew Koenig and that he appeared on the T.V. show, Growing Pains. I did not yet equate the last name with the actor we knew and loved as Pavel Chekov from the original Star Trek! Has it really been forty years?!

I was somewhat surprised that one of Lost‘s producers, Damon Lindelof, took a swipe at the media for:

DamonLindelof: Do you have to mention he played “Boner” in every damn news story? Seriously. Have some respect.

and forgetting to not bite the hand that feeds him. Being in the business, he should know how these things work.

I learned that Andrew’s Dad, Walter had a website, but learned nothing new there, so I bookmarked it for future reference. It wasn’t until I ran into Levar Burton‘s tweet when it all came together – the loss, the camaraderie, and family, real or imagined, extended or otherwise.

levarburton: Offering prayers for Walter & Judy Koenig as well as their beloved son, Andrew…

Walter and Judy, my condolences for your loss.

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