[Music] Obi defo who starred as the quick witted bod Wells across several seasons of Dawson's Creek has died he was 51 his death was announced on Facebook by his sister Kim defo on Saturday August 31st heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother and knowing he's finally at peace Kim wrote alongside a throwback photo of herself and Obie smiling no cause of death was revealed Kim did not immediately respond to entertainment Weekly's request for further comment following the announcement of his death fellow Dawson's Creek Alam Mary Margaret Humes paid tribute and defo on Instagram sharing a video with clips and photos from their tenure on the show these words don't come easy Humes wrote 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 she continued 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 to each other over the past few years rest in peace sweet Warrior born in 1973 defo was a graduate of Yale University's drama school he would land his first onscreen gig in 1995 appearing in a single episode of Star Trek Deep Space 9 followed by small roles in the Jamie Fox show Third Rock From the Sun Angel and Star Trek Voyager when the series debuted in 1998 Neo starred on Dawson's Creek as bod a chef who partnered with Humes gaale ly to run the capeside fish beastro L's fresh fish he was also the boyfriend of Bessie Potter Nina repa the elder sister of Katie hes Joey Potter Neo would later appear in episodes of NYPD Blue the westwing and Stargate sg1 he also founded the Los angeles-based nonprofit Arts Alliance For Humanity which supports Arts education in public schools and communities do and def's death comes several years after a tragic hid and run accident in 2019 led to the loss of both his legs the actor was loading groceries into his car in Los Angeles when a speeding drunk driver rammed into him from behind damaging both legs so severely that amputations were required to save his life for the Los Angeles Times this is just so horrendous what happened to me he told the outlet in December of that year why would I compound this by feeling bad about it I didn't even have to choose positivity following the accident a GoFundMe started for his expenses raised more than $287,000 towards the cost of his recovery and making his Silver Lake home more accessible