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Trevor Goddard RIP
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Glenn Folkvord (Hyperion Media)
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Jun 10, 2003 10:13 PDT
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Australian actor Trevor
Goddard, who played
Lt. Cmdr. Mic Brumby on the long-running CBS
series "JAG," was found
dead at his North Hollywood home of a suspected
drug overdose,
authorities said on Monday.
Goddard's girlfriend discovered his body lying
on a bed at about noon
on Sunday, Los Angeles County coroner's office
spokesman Craig Harvey
said.
A preliminary investigation indicated his death
was a possible
suicide by an overdose of as-yet unknown
"illicit, illegal" drugs,
Harvey said.
Notes were discovered at Goddard's home, but
investigators did not
characterize them as suicide notes, he said.
"There was nothing in
the notes indicating that he meant to take his
life," Harvey said.
The notes were addressed to a friend.
Investigators think Goddard died sometime after
9 p.m. on Saturday
after having a telephone conversation with a
friend from his home,
Harvey said. An autopsy is set for Tuesday.
A former professional boxer, Goddard was
"discovered" while competing
at a light-heavyweight bout and asked to appear
in a series of beer
commercials, according to his Web site.
He built a career on portraying villains in
many of Hollywood's top
action movies, including tough-guy Kano in New
Line Cinema's "Mortal
Kombat."
He was best known to U.S. audiences from his
recurring small screen
role as Mic Brumby on the military drama "Jag"
from 1998 to 2001.
Goddard had just completed work on "Pirates of
the Caribbean: Curse
of the Black Pearl" with Johnny Depp and
Orlando Bloom.
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