JE Entertainment Desk: British-born actor Julian Sands was confirmed dead on June 27, five months after he went missing while out for a hike in snow-covered mountains of Southern California. The county sheriff's department said that the hikers discovered mostly skeletal human remains on June 25 in the vicinity where Sands had vanished.
The department said that the manner of Sands' death is under investigation, awaiting further test results. For the unversed, the actor was reported missing on January 13, after he went hiking alone in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel Mountains, about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Los Angeles.
According to the sheriff's department, a search party was organized when Sands went missing but it was pulled out 24 hours later due to avalanche risks and poor trail conditions. Later, several subsequent searches came up empty-handed, including a major sweep conducted days before Sands' remains were ultimately found in the Mount Baldy wilderness area.
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On June 21, Sands' family issued an official statement, thanking search teams for their efforts. "We continue to hold Julian in our hearts with bright memories of him as a wonderful father, husband, explorer, love of the natural world and the arts, and as an original and collaborative performer," the statement said.
Julians Sands started his acting career with supporting roles in such films as Oxford Blues' and 'The Killing Fields', among others. He rose to fame after starring in 'A Room With A View', in which he was cast as the leading man opposite Helena Bonham Carter.
(With Reuters Inputs)