Power Rangers star Jason David Frank has died at age 49 - The Verge

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Jason David Frank, an histrion and mixed martial creator champion known for his relation arsenic Tommy Oliver successful the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died astatine property 49, arsenic archetypal reported by TMZ (via Gizmodo). Fellow Power Rangers stars Walter Jones and Blake Foster person since confirmed his decease connected Instagram.

Born connected September 4th, 1973, Frank primitively starred arsenic the Green Ranger successful the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, which ran from 1993 to 1996, earlier swapping to the White Ranger successful the show’s 2nd season. His relation arsenic Tommy Oliver spans galore Power Ranger spinoffs, including Wild Force, Turbo, Zeo, Dino Thunder, Megaforce, and HyperForce. In 2017, Frank reprised his relation successful the Power Rangers reboot earlier making a last quality successful occurrence 10 of Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel 1 twelvemonth later.

Frank’s bequest stretches beyond the Power Rangers franchise, though. He made his UFC debut successful 2010, and, much recently, made a cameo successful the Cartoon Network bid We Bare Bears arsenic the “Silver Bear,” a relation paying homage to his Power Ranger past. In 2020, Frank launched a Kickstarter run for his movie Legend of the White Dragon. The movie is presently successful accumulation and is expected to premiere adjacent year.

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