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Andrew Koenig - actor, director, writer, producer, editor, activist - passed away this month in
Vancouver, British Columbia after a long battle with depression.
A funny, caring, gifted, passionate and multi-talented young man, Andrew was best known as
"Boner" in the 1980's sitcom "Growing Pains". He was the video producer for the podcast "Never
Not Funny", performed at The Improv in Los Angeles, and has had roles in the movies NonSeNse,
InAlienable, The Theory of Everything, Batman: Dead End, and on television in "Star Trek: Deep
Space Nine", "G.I. Joe", "My Two Dads", "21 Jump Street", "My Sister Sam", and "Adam-12". He
edited over a dozen films and directed, produced, and wrote many others.
Andrew was an activist his entire life and was best known to those who knew and loved him as a
compassionate, ethical man who lived according to his conscience. He was a vegan, active in
environmental causes, and in animal and human rights and was quick to take an active role to
help on a grass roots level. Most recently, he had been working on behalf of the people of Burma,
and was arrested during the 2008 Rose Bowl parade for protesting American involvement in
China's Olympics due to China's support of the Burma military regime.
Andrew's disappearance caused a worldwide campaign of support and search efforts by those
who were lucky to be his friends and by those whose lives he touched. A beautiful human being,
Andrew died in his favorite city, filled with friends, in a park he loved.
Andrew was a man who cared deeply about others, and who acted
on his conscience... working on a grass roots level to help those in
need. To honor him and his life, we are suggesting people
DONATE IN ANDREW'S MEMORY
The National Suicide Prevention Hotline
The US Campaign for Burma
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