Raphaël Coleman, an actor best known for his work in Nanny McPhee, It's Alive, and The Fourth Kind, has passed away at the age of 25.
Raphaël Coleman, an actor best known for his work in Nanny McPhee, It's Alive, and The Fourth Kind, has passed away at the age of 25.
"He died doing what he loved, working for the noblest cause of all. His family could not be prouder. Let’s celebrate all he achieved in his short life and cherish his legacy."
Above the essay, it now writes:
"He was 25, had given up a career in science to join XR and fought hard for the cause, especially for Indigenous rights. Iggy was a burning bright soul and he will be deeply missed by us all. Here is the article he wrote for issue 3 of The Hourglass newspaper."
"I don’t want to go to prison, but I’ll face whatever I need to."
"Knowing the science, I have no choice but to tell the truth, and stick to my morals in the face of that truth. I won’t stand by and watch the world burn."
"In compassion for the Indigenous, local and First Nations peoples who are persecuted protecting the ecosystems we all need to survive."
He truly sounded like such an astonishing person.
"It's life itself that's sabotaged. It just happened to my wife, Liz, whose youngest son, Raph of only 25, died last Friday," he shared.
And those feelings of unfairness and lost meaning were compounded by how suddenly it happened.
"I got to know raph when he was six years old, and we were so close," he wrote.
Fans of his acting work remembered growing up alongside him and loving his performances in these powerful moves.
She revealed that he frequently went by the name Iggy, which was chosen after his neighbor's cat. "He was passionate and wildly intelligent, funny and eccentric, he was so full of life and love for this world," they continued.
"We used to tag him in photos every time it aired on tv and take the piss. He was well and truly one of a kind," they said.
"Iggy died as he lived: trying to make the world a better place, training to stop poachers in Africa and surrounded by trees and people who cared about him," they wrote
"For ecological and social justice, Indigenous rights, “for the wild”, as he liked to say. And of course for vegan flapjacks."
Our thoughts are with Coleman's loved ones, family, and friends at this tragic time. Coleman was 25.