...Capt Kirks son who to me looked somewhat like a young Heath Ledger....
Interesting comparison. I hadn't thought of it before, but you're right. Alas, they are both gone. :frown1:
... Searching for Merritt Butrick on the internet who played David Marcus on the movies in 1982 and 1984, Wrath of Kahn and Search for Spock, I discovered he had been dead since 1989 from aids. This was a total surprise to me. If I had heard of it in the past I totally forgot it.
I've known about it for a while (like a couple of years now), but was just as surprised as you were when I found out.
I can't think of any good examples right now, but every now and then I find out that some relatively young actor has died, and it's always a suprise.