{"id":4851,"date":"2026-06-05T19:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/anthony-head-mourned-by-buffy-co-stars-after-his-sudden-death\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T19:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T19:37:19","slug":"anthony-head-mourned-by-buffy-co-stars-after-his-sudden-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/anthony-head-mourned-by-buffy-co-stars-after-his-sudden-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Head mourned by &#8216;Buffy&#8217; co-stars after his sudden death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129868558.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Anthony Head\u2019s \u201cBuffy the Vampire\u201d co-stars are mourning the actor after his <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/celebrity-news\/anthony-head-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-and-ted-lasso-actor-dies-at-72\/\">sudden death at age 72<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a hole in the World,\u201d James Marsters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZNmlWcptAJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penned on Instagram Friday<\/a> after the news broke. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was an unflaggingly kind and steady presence on the set of Buffy, and the best actor in the cast. He was the best of us,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Marsters called himself \u201clucky\u201d to have both \u201cknown\u201d and \u201clearned from\u201d Head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>After Anthony Head (pictured here on \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d in 2000) died suddenly at age 72, his former \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d co-stars paid tribute on social media. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThere\u2019s a hole in the World,\u201d James Marsters (pictured here in 2011 with co-stars Head and Alyson Hannigan) wrote on Instagram alongside a picture of himself and Head on the supernatural teen drama. <span class=\"credit\">Phil Roach\/Globe Photos\/ZUMA Press Wire \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHe left the world a better place for his presence,\u201d the 63-year-old concluded, alongside a shot of the pair on the show. \u201cThank you Tony for all you gave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Head portrayed Rupert Giles for the entire seven-season run of \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d from 1997 to 2003. After being a main cast member for the show\u2019s first five seasons, he stepped down to a recurring role for the show\u2019s final two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Giles is a Watcher, whose job is to train and mentor the chosen one, Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actor (pictured here on \u201cBuffy\u201d in 1998), who played vampire Spike from Season 2 to 7) added, \u201cHe was an unflaggingly kind and steady presence on the set of Buffy, and the best actor in the cast. He was the best of us.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Head (pictured here with Sarah Michelle Gellar on Season 1 of \u201cBuffy\u201d in 1997) portrayed Rupert Giles in all seven seasons of \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d from 1997 to 2003. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p>Marsters played <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2017\/10\/16\/james-marsters-says-his-buffy-character-spike-was-disposable\/\">the super villain vampire Spike<\/a> alongside Head first in a recurring and guest role for Seasons 2 and 3, respectively, before joining the main cast from Season 4 to 7.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Emma Caulfield \u2014 who was fan-favorite character Anya Jenkins, a centuries-old vengeance demon, in a recurring role for Seasons 3 and 4 before joining the main cast from Season 5 through 7 \u2014 shared her own heartbreaking Instagram post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was taken on the London Underground in 2011,\u201d the actress began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZNoHDNKLbM\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beneath a selfie of the co-stars<\/a>. \u201cI went to visit my friend Tony on the set of The Iron Lady. We had lunch, hit up a record store, had dinner and drinks and laughed until our sides hurt. It was a perfect day.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Emma Caulfield, who starred as a vengeance demon Anya from Season 3 to 7, posted her own picture of the pair (as seen here), adding, \u201cHe was kind and wise and a guide in troubled times. You were so loved. Impossible to caption. You are so missed.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">emmacaulfieldofficial\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Eliza Dushku, who starred as the rebellious Slayer Faith posted a tribute to her own Instagram Story (as seen here), calling Head a \u201cdear one.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Eliza Dushku\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Noting that she was \u201clucky enough\u201d to call Head her friend for \u201c27 years,\u201d Caulfield added, \u201cHe was kind and wise and a guide in troubled times. You were so loved. Impossible to caption. You are so missed. \u2764\ufe0f \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f rest in peace with your beautiful Sarah-Emma.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>David Boreanaz, who starred as Buffy\u2019s vampire love interest, Angel, in a Season 1 recurring role and as a main cast member for Seasons 2 and 3 before he got his own spin-off and returned only for guest appearances, re-posted Deadline\u2019s reporting on Head\u2019s death to his Instagram Story, writing, \u201cRIP. He was so kind and generous of a soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eliza Dushku \u2014 who first came on the show as rebellious Slayer Faith Lehane in a Season 3 recurring role and returned for several guest spots \u2014 also penned a sweet tribute to her Stories, stating, \u201cTony H \u2013 for every scene &amp; time shared, I give thanks. Rest in love and peace, kind sir. A dear one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Clare Kramer, who played big bad Glory in a Season 5 recurring role and returned for a guest spot in the final season, shared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZNnOg1RmhE\/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement posted to Instagram<\/a>, \u201cRest in Peace, Anthony. To know you was a pleasure. To work with you an honor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough Giles, you gave us bravery without fearlessness, and compassion without weakness \u2013 an exemplary performance (and one of many),\u201d Kramer continued. \u201cMy condolences to your girls, family, and all who had the pleasure of loving you. Rest easy, Watcher. \ud83d\udcda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Within the past two years, the cast has also lost Michelle Trachtenberg and Nicholas Brendon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>David Boreanaz (pictured here during Season 2 of \u201cBuffy\u201d), who played the love interest of Gellar\u2019s Buffy, Angel, in Season 1 to 3, wrote on his Instagram Story, \u201cRIP. He was so kind and generous of a soul.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The cast (Head, Boreanaz, Seth Green, Nicholas Brendon, Charisma Carpenter, Gellar and Hannigan) also lost Michelle Trachtenberg in 2025 and Brendon in March. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cGossip Girl\u201d alum \u2014 who played Buffy\u2019s little sister, Dawn Summers from Seasons 5 to 7 \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/02\/26\/celebrity-news\/michelle-trachtenberg-gossip-girl-and-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-actress-dead-at-39\/\">died at age 39 in February 2025<\/a> due to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/16\/entertainment\/michelle-trachtenbergs-cause-of-death-revealed-months-after-gossip-girl-stars-sudden-passing-at-39\/?_gl=1*50zhi*_ga*NDgzMzUwODI2LjE3Nzg4NzUxNjQ.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3ODA2ODMwODkkbzY4JGcxJHQxNzgwNjgzNzYxJGo1NiRsMCRoMA..\">complications of diabetes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Brendon, meanwhile, starred as one of Buffy\u2019s best friends, Xander Harris, on all seven seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCriminal Minds\u201d actor <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/03\/20\/celebrity-news\/nicholas-brendon-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-dead\/\">died at age 39 on March 20<\/a> due to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/celebrity-news\/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-nicholas-brendons-cause-of-death-revealed\/\">atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Head\u2019s death came less than six months after <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/celebrity-news\/anthony-head-longtime-partner-sarah-fisher-died-months-apart\/\">his longtime partner, Sarah Fisher, died at age 61<\/a>. The couple was together from 1982 until her death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Head\u2019s death came on the heels of his longtime partner, Sarah Fisher (pictured together here in 2006) passing away at age 61 in December 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>On Friday, the late couple\u2019s daughters, Emily and Daisy (pictured here with their parents in 2023), announced their father\u2019s death, noting that his \u201clegacy will live on.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, Anthony\u2019s daughters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/uk\/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-star-anthony-head-dies-at-72-J2BF422ITFJW7M6WTPTKQC5KSY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emily and Daisy Head, announced that<\/a> the cult classic star, who starred in shows like \u201cLittle Britain,\u201d \u201cMerlin\u201d and \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d had died \u201cpeacefully of complications due to pneumonia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of our extraordinary father, Anthony Head,\u201d the statement began.<\/p>\n<p>The actresses said being Anthony\u2019s daughters was \u201can honor and a privilege,\u201d adding they both know \u201chow dearly\u201d he will be missed by friends, fans and colleagues alike.<\/p>\n<p>While Emily and Daisy\u2019s \u201cgrief is far greater than the hole he has left behind,\u201d they noted that Anthony\u2019s \u201clegacy will live on.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/05\/entertainment\/anthony-head-mourned-by-buffy-co-stars-after-his-sudden-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Head\u2019s \u201cBuffy the Vampire\u201d co-stars are mourning the actor after his sudden death at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129868558.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}