Power Rangers star Jason David Frank has passed away. Entertainment news source Deadline reported that their sources indicate Frank died by suicide. He was 49.
Frank is perhaps best known for his role in the Power Rangers franchise as Tommy Oliver and the character’s alter ego the Green Ranger and White Ranger. He debuted in the first series in 1993, and also played the character in the 1995 and 1997 films. He reprised the role as cameos in various later Power Rangers series, as well as a regular cast member in Power Rangers Dino Thunder in 2004. He played a different cameo role in the 2017 Power Rangers film.
Frank was also a mixed martial artist, and competed for a time from 2009 to 2010.