It's our very sad duty to report on the death of Stephen Biggs, who played Doctor Franklin in Babylon 5. He was 43. It's an odd twist of fate, as it's only two months ago that Richard's on-screen father in B5, Paul Winfield, passed away. J. Michael Straczynski broke the news of Richard's death in a post to the moderated B5 newsgroup: "I was awakened today with several phone calls from cast members and Doug [Netter] to pass along the terrible news that this morning, Richard Biggs passed away.