While not as tragic as the Haim death, he was an iconic televison actor. Did anyone see the Mission Impossible remake with John De Lancie as the assassin? It was done in 88, just a year after De Lancie's first appearances as the "Q" in the first season of Star Trek:TNG. Here's a link to a clip on YouTube,
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=Kt1Z...eature=related
Unfortunately, the quality isn't that good.