Thinus Ferreira
Actor Phillip Henn died on Wednesday from bleeding on the brain. He was 63.
Phillip Henn's most recent on-screen TV role was in e.tv's Afrikaans telenovela Kelders van Geheime.
There's been no statement from e.tv or KFilms about Phillip Henn's death.
According to reports, Phillip Henn fell on Sunday at a house in Oesterbaai in the Eastern Cape and was taken to a hospital in Gqeberha.
According to his sister, he suffered from some type of attacks the previous 10 days due to a lack of oxygen to the brain.
In May last year Phillip Henn underwent 9-hour long heart bypass surgery.
Besides Kelders van Geheime, Phillip Henn is most well-known for his role as Johann Vorster in Egoli on M-Net (DStv 101), and later Chris van Deventer in Binnelanders on kykNET (DStv 144) and then as the character of Eben Swanepoel in Suidooster, also on kykNET.
Phillip Henn was an avid photographer and his novel, 500 Myl was published in 2019 about children fighting in the Anglo-Boer War.
He previously spoke about how his drug addiction stole 9 years of his life, and that he had already been using drugs while he was working on Egoli.
His brother died also died earlier this year. He leaves behind two sisters.
