Anthony Stewart Head, star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died

Beloved actor Anthony Stewart Head, best known for his role as surrogate father Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, died this week from complications with pneumonia. He was 72. His daughters, Daisy and Emily Head, said in a statement: "It is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father.

It has been, and forever will be, an honour and a privilege to be his daughters, and to have witnessed firsthand the impact both he and his work have had on so many." Head's seven season role as Rupert Giles on Buffy placed him firmly in the canon of all-time TV dads while giving him chances to showcase his talents beyond the screen.

He was an accomplished singer and theater performer, early in his career landing a role in the musical Godspell. In the early '90s he starred as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a stage production of Rocky Horror and reprised the role in another production in the early 2000s; he also appeared in the 2008 film Repo!

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