a special thank you to each of our subscribers who make this channel possible here's today's story Katie Holmes is remembering her late Dawson's Creek co-star Obi defo Obie died at the age of 51 his sister Kim defo announced in a Facebook post on Saturday August 31st her post included a photo of the two siblings smiling while embracing each other and staring down into the camera lens heartbroken at the loss of my younger brother and knowing he's finally peace Kim wrote in the caption on Sunday September 1st Holmes 45 shared a tribute to the late actor on her Instagram stories alongside a screenshot of a real posted by her Dawson's Creek co-star Mary Margaret Humes on Instagram on Saturday he was wonderful to work with and such a kind man I send prayers and Grace to his family rest in peace Holmes rode underneath a screenshotted photo of Humes 70 and Obi including a heart emoji never miss a story sign up for people's free daily newsletter to stay up to dat on the best of what people has to offer from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories Humes who played Dawson L's mom Gail ly in the teen drama wrote a tribute to Obie in the caption of her Instagram post these words don't come easy it's hard for me to conceive that you have left us my dear friend she wrote you always were and always will be a bright shining light what an example full of pure unfiltered love and tenacity you set as you fa lives challenges of recent hume's message concluded I will cherish all of our messages of love and support to each other over the past few years rest in peace sweet Warrior Obie played Bessie Potter's boyfriend bod Wells on Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2002 his character lived with Holmes character Joey Potter the younger sister of Bessie also a yoga teacher Obi graduated from Yale University's drama school according to his profile on La Theater Works he also worked on TV shows including NCIS Los Angeles The West Wing and NYPD Blue for the Los Angeles Times Obie became a double amputee after he was hit by an SUV while packing his car full of groceries in a supermarket parking lot in 2019 speaking about the accident in a video interview with the newspaper in 2020 Obie said I so clearly could have died I had to instantaneously accept the reality of loss I started to realize day by day that who says that this isn't an opportunity he added I'm in a new body now life goes on he adapted his yoga practice and said that the near death experience made his purpose in life become Crystal Clear Katie Holmes broke her silence on her former Dawson's Creek co-star Obi def's death the actress 45 took to her Instagram story Sunday to honor defo who recently died at age 51 his cause of death has yet to be determined Holmes posted a screenshot of an Instagram real shared by their former series co-star Mary Margaret Humes alongside a message dedicated to the late actor he was wonderful to work with and such a kind man Holmes wrote I send prayers and Grace to his family rest in peace she continued adding a heart emoji Holmes played Joey Potter in the hit teen drama which aired on the WB from 1998 to 2003 nio portrayed bod Wells the love interest of Joey's sister Bessie Potter Nina repa Humes play do James M Gil her tribute to nio featured behind the scenes footage of nio on the set of the show including a video of him hugging vanderbeek 47 these words don't come easy Humes wrote in the caption of her 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 Liv's challenges of recent I will cherish all of our messages of love and support to each other over the past few years the actress added rest in peace sweet Warrior def's sister cam announced his death in a Facebook post on Saturday heart broken at the loss of my younger brother and knowing he's finally at peace Kim wrote alongside a selfie of The Sibling smiling in addition to Dawson's Creek defo appeared in Star Trek Deep Space 9 the Jamie Fox show NYPD Blue The West Wing Stargate sg1 among other shows back in 2019 Neo lost both his legs after being hit by a car while coming out of a supermarket in Los Angeles he was loading his car when SUV hit him and severed his right leg he had to get his left leg amputated when he was brought to the hospital according to the Los Angeles Times his surgeon Dr Milton little called his survival a miracle I almost died and it's a miracle I'm still alive defo said about the accident on Meet The Biz with David Zimmerman last year he added I credit my love of and fascination with healthy foods to my rapid recovery after the accident defo focused on his writing work work in Hollywood he also taught yoga to children that's all for this story We upload videos every day covering many different subjects so hit that subscribe button to stay informed thanks for watching