Actress Mira Furlan, who was best known for her roles as Danielle Rousseau in “Lost” and Delenn on “Babylon 5,” died on Wednesday. She was 65.
Furlan’s Twitter account shared the news on Thursday. Her cause of death has not yet been announced.
“Babylon 5” creator J. Michael Straczynski later posted a tribute to Furlan and wrote that he and the rest of those who worked on the series knew her health “was failing” for “some time now.”
“Mira was a good and kind woman, a stunningly talented performer, and a friend to everyone in the cast and crew of ‘Babylon 5,’ and we are all devastated by the news,” he wrote.
“The cast members with whom she was especially close since the show’s end will need room to process this moment, so please be gentle if they are unresponsive for a time. We have been down this road too often, and it only gets harder.”
Born in the former Yugoslavia, Furlan emigrated to the U.S. in 1991. She is survived by her husband, Goran Gajić, and 22-year-old son Marko.
