Christian Oliver, the German actor recognized for his roles in Velocity Racer and Saved by the Bell: The New Class, has reportedly died in a airplane crash, in keeping with The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Drive (RSVGPF). He was 51.
Native authorities revealed in a social media submit that 4 our bodies — together with the actor and his younger daughters Madita (10) and Annik (12), in addition to the pilot — had been recovered after a personal plane crashed into the Caribbean Sea on Thursday (Jan. 4).
“The RSVGPF expresses condolences to all who’re negatively affected by this tragic incident,” they stated in a press release on Fb. “The RSVGPF will replace the general public as extra info is gathered. Investigation into the matter continues.”
The group had taken off round midday from the J.F. Mitchell Airport in Paget Farm and was heading for St. Lucia when the airplane reportedly “skilled difficulties and plummeted into the ocean.” Close by fishermen and divers rapidly rushed to the scene of the incident, the place they had been in a position to find the plane, which had sunk into “70 ft of water, ” in keeping with native outlet Searchlight.
By the point Coast Guard personnel had recovered the our bodies, they had been all pronounced deceased and subsequently transported to Kingstown Mortuary in St. Vincent, “the place autopsy examinations are anticipated to be carried out to determine the reason for dying.”
Oliver, whose actual identify was Christian Klepser, grew up in Frankfurt, Germany, earlier than transferring to the U.S. when he was 21 to start out his profession in modeling and performing.
The star made his performing debut in Saved by the Bell: The New Class, the place he starred as Brian Keller within the spinoff’s second season from 1994 to 1995. A bit over a decade later, he starred within the George Clooney and Cate Blanchett-led drama The Good German. In 2008, he appeared as Snake Oiler within the racing comedy Velocity Racer.
Earlier this week, Oliver posted an image from his island trip.
“Let love rule. Wishing all of you the very best for 2024,” he wrote over a photograph of a seaside sundown, earlier than including the caption, “Greetings from someplace in paradise! To neighborhood and love …2024 [here] we come!”