John Spencer, who played Leo McGarry on the West Wing (along with many other roles on both the small and big screen), died Friday of a heart attack. He was 58 years old. How ironic that his character on the show just survived the very same ailment. None of the show’s writers have as yet commented on the future of his story line on the show (he was running for vice president with democratic presidential nominee Matthew Santos played by Jimmy Smits). In this 7th season of the show, the story lines involving the rest of the cast seem to be just filler, taking a back seat to the election race drama.
What a sad development. .he was one of my favorite characters.
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