{"id":67088,"date":"2024-02-28T18:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T23:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=67088"},"modified":"2024-02-28T18:00:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T23:00:48","slug":"chris-gauthier-of-once-upon-a-time-and-eureka-dead-at-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/28\/chris-gauthier-of-once-upon-a-time-and-eureka-dead-at-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Gauthier, of Once Upon a Time and Eureka, Dead at 48"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67089\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-67089 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Chris-Gauthier.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Chris-Gauthier.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Chris-Gauthier-300x168.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Gauthier in My New Best Friend (2015)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chris Gauthier, an English-born Canadian actor whose wide variety of TV credits included <em>Once Upon a Time<\/em> (as Smee) and <em>Eureka<\/em>, died on February 23, at age 48.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm that our dear friend and client, Chris Gauthier, passed away on Friday morning, February 23, at the age of 48,\u201d reads a statement from TriStar Appearances\/Event Horizon Talent to TVLine. \u201cAs a beloved Vancouver-based character actor, Chris shared his talents with so many of us both on television and in film. 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