'Power Rangers' star Jason David Frank dies at 49 - WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm

Jason David Frank, who played the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver connected the 1990s children's bid “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," has died. He was 49.

Justine Hunt, Frank's manager, said successful a connection Sunday that Frank passed away. She did not sanction the origin of decease oregon accidental erstwhile helium died, but asked for “privacy of his household and friends during this horrible clip arsenic we travel to presumption with the nonaccomplishment of specified a fantastic quality being.”

Walter Emmanuel Jones, the archetypal Black Power Ranger who co-starred with Frank successful “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers," wrote connected Instagram, that helium couldn't judge it. “My bosom is bittersweet to person mislaid different subordinate of our peculiar family," wrote Jones. Thuy Trang, who played the archetypal Yellow Power Ranger, died successful a car mishap successful 2001 astatine property 27.

“Mighty MorphinPower Rangers," astir 5 teenagers deputized to prevention Earth from evil, debuted connected Fox successful 1993 and went connected to go a pop-culture phenomenon. Early successful the archetypal season, Frank's Tommy Oliver was archetypal seen arsenic a villain, brainwashed by the evil Rita Repulsa. But soon after, helium was inducted successful the radical arsenic the Green Ranger and became 1 of the astir fashionable characters connected the show.

Though his relation wasn't intended to beryllium permanent, Frank was aboriginal brought backmost arsenic the White Ranger and the person of the team. Across spinoff TV series, Frank's Tommy Oliver returned arsenic different rangers, arsenic well, including Red Zeo Ranger, the Red Turbo Ranger and the Black Dino Ranger. He besides played him successful the films “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie” and “Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie,” and made a cameo successful the 2017 reboot “Power Rangers.”

A practitioner of martial arts, Frank fought successful respective mixed martial arts bouts successful 2009 and 2010.

TMZ earlier reported that Frank's 2nd wife, Tammie Frank, filed for divorcement from him successful August. Frank is survived by 4 children; 1 from his matrimony with Tammie Frank and 3 from his archetypal matrimony to Shawna Frank.