Stephen Furst, ‘Animal House,’ ‘Babylon 5’ Actor, Dies at 62

“Instead of being sad, celebrate his life by watching one of his movies or use one of his bits to make someone else laugh – really, really hard,” his sons said in a statement

Stephen Furst

Actor, comedian and TV director Stephen Furst — best known for his roles as Flounder in”Animal House,” Vir Cotto the ’90s sci-fi series “Babylon 5,” and Dr. Elliot Axelrod on “St. Elsewhere” — died on Friday, his sons announced. He was 62.

“Actor and comedian Stephen Furst died on June 16, 2017 due to complications from diabetes,” sons Nathan and Griffith said in a statement posted to Furst’s Facebook page.

Born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein in 1955, Furst grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, and graduated from the theater program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

He began his acting career in the mid 1970s, first coming to prominence in the role of fraternity pledge Kent “Flounder” Dorfman in “National Lampoon’s Animal House,” a role he reprised in the short-lived television spinoff, “Delta House.”

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