Obin defo who played bod on Dawson's Creek dead at 51 Obin defo who starred as bod Wells on Dawson's Creek has died at the age of 51 his death was announced on Facebook by his sister km defo on Saturday August 31st heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother and knowing he's finally at peace Kim captioned a photo of herself smiling with Obie she did not give any details of his death US Weekly has reached out to chem for further information the actor and yoga teacher was best known for his work on Dawson's Creek playing the recurring role of bod from 1998 to 2002 Mary Margaret Humes who played Dawson's mother gaale ly on the series posted a tribute to her former co-star on Instagram Saturday upon hearing of his death these words don't come easy 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 captioned a series of throwback moments from the show together what an example of pure unfiltered love and tenacity you set as you face 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 Humes also tagged fellow Dawson's Creek Alam her post including Katie Holmes Joshua Jackson and James vanderbeek Obie's death comes several years after a tragic hit and run accident took both of his legs in 20199 the actor had been loading groceries into his car in Los Angeles when a speeding drunk driver slamed into him from behind severing his right leg and damaging his left severely enough to require amputation to save his life still despite the horror of what happened Obie chose to keep a positive attitude continuing to teach yoga classes 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 in December 2019 I didn't even have to choose positivity how do you know how you would handle this how do you know what your own reserves are he added and anyway what's the alternative a GoFundMe started for his expenses following the accident raised more than $287,000 a graduate of Yale University's drama school Obie also made appearances on such shows as Angel the westwing the Jamie Fox show Stargate s G1 Third Rock From the Sun Crossing Jordan Star Trek Deep Space 9 and Star Trek Voyager