Dawson's Creek star Obi and defo has died at 51 years old 5 years after losing both his legs in a horrific crash his sister has confirmed the cause of the actor's death is unknown but his sister and co-stars confirmed his passing in a heartfelt social media tributes heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother and knowing he's finally at peace his sister nck and defo said Saturday on Facebook Ando who is a graduate of Yale appeared in Dawson's Creek between 1998 and 20 2002 where he played Katie Holmes's characters brother-in-law bod Wells he additionally starred in Stargate sg1 between 200000 and 2005 the actor has also featured in episodes of the westwing NYPD Blue Crossing Jordan and the district he's also the founder of the Los angeles-based nonprofit Arts Alliance For Humanity an organization that works to carry out Arts educations programs in the community Mary Margaret Humes who played Dawson's mom Gail ly on the show dedicated an Instagram post to Indo these words don't come easy she said it's hard for me to conceive that you have left us my dear friend you always were and always will be a bright shining light what an example of pure unfiltered love and tenacity you said as you faced life's challenges of recent I will cherish all of our messages of love and support to each other over the past few years rest in peace sweet Warrior and defo was seriously injured in an August 2019 hit-and run crash surgeons were forced to amputate his his legs one was left completely shattered and the other partially severed he was loading a cooler in his trunk outside of an aroan Market on Beverly Boulevard when a drunk driver veered out of Lane and struck him according to the Los Angeles Times deo's friends and family set up a GoFundMe account in the aftermath of the incident and raised more than $290,000 the Page stated that the money would go towards new prosthetic legs surgery and Hospital costs not covered by insurance and making ino's home wheelchair accessible this is just so horrendous what happened to me why would I compound this by feeling bad about it he told the Los Angeles Times of his Outlook after the accident after graduating from Yale University's drama school Obie began acting in various TV roles on episodes of Star Trek Deep Space 9 the weigh-in Bros the Jamie Fox show and Third Rock From the Sun the actor's most memorable performance came as bod Wells the brother-in-law to Katie Holmes Joey Potter on Dawson Creek a role in which he appeared from 1998 to 2002 his co-star Mary Margaret Humes shared a tribute to Instagram after Obie's death these words don't come easy she captioned the post it's hard for me to conceive that you have left us my dear friend you always were and always will be a bright shining light what an example of pure unfiltered love and tenacity you set as you faced life's challenges of recent I will cherish all of our messages of love and support support to each other over the past few years rest in peace sweet Warrior Obie's other credits include episodes of Angel Star Trek Voyager Crossing Jordan NYPD Blue the westwing and NCIS Los Angeles the actor also founded the nonprofit Arts Alliance For Humanity which supports Arts education in public schools and communities