Power Rangers and other Toku Cast and Crew who died

Robert V. Barron 

December 26, 1932 – December 1, 2000; 67 years old

Cause of death: unknown  - Was an ADR writer for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes from “Day of the Dumpster” to “Doomsday – part II”.   He was Abraham Lincoln in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Roger Olkowski 

April 12, 1952 – June 18, 2001; 49 years old

Cause of death: brain cancer  - Was the 2nd Unit Director of Photography for Power Rangers Zeo episodes “A Zeo Beginning (both parts), “The Shooting Star”, and “Target Rangers”.  - Was also the camera operator for Power Rangers in Space episodes “A Line in the Sand” and both parts of “Countdown to Destruction”.  

 Lawrence L. Simeone 

April 30, 1953 – February 3, 2002; 48 years old

Cause of death: complications following open heart surgery  - Directed Power Rangers Turbo episodes “The Curve Ball” and “Carlos and the Count”.   


Hal England 
(October 2, 1932 – November 6, 2003; 71 years old)  Cause of death: heart attack  - Played Earl in the Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue episode “A Test of Trust”.     

George “Buck” Flower 

October 28, 1937 – June 18, 2004; 66 years old

Cause of death: cancer  - Played a civilian in the Power Rangers in Space episode “Countdown to Destruction – part 2”.  - Played a homeless man in the Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue episode “The Great Egg Caper”.  - Played a bartender in the Power Rangers Time Force episode “Movie Madness pt. 2”. He was in Back to the Future as the neighborhood bud. 

Kerry James Casey
November 9, 1954 – November 25, 2015; 61 years old)\

Cause of death: cancer

- Suit actor for Goldar in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie.

Gary Glasberg 

July 15, 1966 – September 27, 2016; 50 years old 

Cause of death: unknown (died in sleep) - Wrote the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episodes “Big Sisters” (w/Shuki Levy), “Green with Evil – part I: Out of Control” (w/Stewart St. John), “Green with Evil – part V: Breaking the Spell” (w/Shuki Levy), and “The Green Candle – part II” (w/Stewart St. John)”.

Allison Ivy Shearmur (née Brecker)
October 23, 1963 – January 19, 2018; 54 years old

Cause of death: lung cancer

- Executive producer for Power Rangers (the movie).