Firefly Cast Honors the Memory of Ron Glass

TV and sci-fi fans are mourning the loss of actor Ron Glass, who died on Friday, November 25 of respiratory failure at the age of 71. Glass was known for his role on the long-running workplace sitcom Barney Miller, as well as portraying the character of Shepherd Book on the sci-fi series Firefly and its film follow-up Serenity.

Glass’ television career spanned several other well-known series, including All in the Family, Sanford and Son and Friends. He also lent his voice to shows like Rugrats and video games such as Fable II. Recently, he had appeared in episodes of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and CSI.

Many of Glass’ former Firefly castmates took to social media over the weekend to share fond memories of their late co-star–including Nathan Fillion, Jewel Staite, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin and Sean Maher–as well as the show’s creator Joss Whedon:

He got there with grace, humor & enormous heart. He was, among so many other things, my Shepherd. Raise, appropriately, a glass. Rest, Ron. pic.twitter.com/yzPly7TmgE

— Joss Whedon (@joss) November 26, 2016

"Shepard, don't move." "Won't go far." We love you, Ron Glass. Don't go far.

A photo posted by Nathan Fillion (@natefillion) on Nov 26, 2016 at 2:09pm PST

https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/802621797778628608

https://twitter.com/AlanTudyk/status/802622027085422592

Ron Glass. What an honor it was to know you, to work beside you and to have called you my friend. You will be missed. I love you sir.

— Sean Maher (@Sean_M_Maher) November 26, 2016

This is me acting like an idiot just so I could hear Ron Glass laugh. He was the kind of person that remembered the details, that asked about your family's well-being. He hugged hard and often. He would laugh till he cried at a sick joke and top it with a worse one. He loved a Grey Goose crantini and spilled one on my white jeans in the heat of telling a story, and then just said, "Girl, those were ugly pants anyway." I adored him. Everybody did. I love you, Ron. Can't wait to see you again. "I don't care what you believe. Just believe it."

A photo posted by Jewel Staite (@jewelstaite) on Nov 26, 2016 at 2:29pm PST

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