SPARTACUS LOSES HIS GREATEST BATTLE: R.I.P. ANDY WHITFIELD, AGE 39

Andy Whitfield, the awesomely intense Welsh actor who played the title character in the excellent SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND, has died at the age of 39 after his battle with lymphoma. That's a terrible situation in and of itself, but the guy was a physical specimen to be reckoned with, so it just goes to show you that cancer is one merciless motherfucker and truly the great equalizer. Rest well, warrior.

You can read Whitfield's obituary here.