Former ‘Power Rangers’ Star Jason David Frank Dies at 49 - The New York Times

Television|Jason David Frank, Who Starred successful ‘Power Rangers’ Franchise, Dies astatine 49

Jason David Frank, who played the Green Ranger and aboriginal the White Ranger connected the fashionable 1990s children’s tv amusement “The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,” died connected Saturday. He was 49.

Justine Hunt, his manager, confirmed his decease connected Sunday.

Ms. Hunt did not springiness a origin of death. In a statement, she asked for respect for the privateness of “his household and friends during this horrible time” but declined to remark further. Information astir survivors was not instantly available.

The campy tv amusement featured six teenage precocious schoolhouse students successful color-coded costumes who transformed into superheroes to support Earth against evil aliens. They were implored to “Go Go Power Rangers” successful the taxable song, which was seared into the representation of tweens of the time.

Mr. Frank was intended to beryllium successful lone 10 episodes of the archetypal amusement arsenic the Green Ranger, a atrocious lad turned good, but helium aboriginal came backmost arsenic the White Ranger and past different characters successful reboots of the show, according to IMDb biography.

He played the aforesaid character, Tommy Oliver, successful six antithetic iterations of the Power Rangers franchise.

Mr. Frank’s quality appeared successful much than 200 episodes of the franchise, much than immoderate different Power Ranger, according to IMDb. Mr. Frank besides starred successful the full-length movies “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie” (1995) and “Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie” (1997).

The archetypal bid was a pop-culture force.

It debuted successful August 1993, and by December 1994 the Power Rangers’ stock of the marketplace for enactment figures had jumped to 40 percent from 4 percent, and income of the merchandise enactment neared $1 cardinal for the year. By comparison, income of Cabbage Patch dolls and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles enactment figures, different fashionable toys of the era, topped retired astatine $550 cardinal and $450 million.

Mr. Frank utilized his martial-arts skills connected and disconnected the show.

In 1994, helium developed his own martial arts system called Toso Kune Do, which means Way of the Fighting Fist, according to IMDb.