“John leaves a big hole in this world, having been a wonderful husband, father, son, brother, friend and human being. Those of us lucky to have met him will carry on with his legacy of kindness, positive influence, hard work and love.”
has died aged 49 after announcing in January that he had cancer.
Ioane ‘John’ King was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma cancer which quickly spread to his pancreas and other organs.Manu Bennett, who played Crixus in the show, paid tribute to his co-star on Instagram.John was hired as an extra but with a powerful presence & ever positive attitude amongst the cast & crew, won himself the speaking role of Rhaskos,” he said.
His family shared a statement on Facebook, saying the actor “passed in the company of loving friends and family.” had started a fundraiser online saying that John and his wife Christelle had been hit with the cancer news six weeks after they moved into their own home.co-star Andy Whitfield, who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010, and died 18 months later at age 39.
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