Sands, well-known for his position within the movie A Room with a View, went lacking in January after mountain climbing throughout a winter storm.
Authorities in america have confirmed that British actor Julian Sands is lifeless after skeletal stays have been found within the mountains exterior of Los Angeles, the place he went lacking months in the past.
The county sheriff’s division confirmed that the San Bernardino Coroner had positively recognized his stays, which have been noticed by hikers on Saturday. Sands, an avid outdoorsman, was first declared lacking on January 13 after he left for a hike by himself within the snowy mountains of southern California.
“We proceed to carry Julian in our hearts with shiny reminiscences of him as a beautiful father, husband, explorer, lover of the pure world and the humanities, and as an unique and collaborative performer,” his household stated in a latest assertion.
Sands was born and raised in England. Although his profession spanned 40 years and greater than 150 performances, the British actor was greatest recognized for his position within the 1985 Oscar-winning movie A Room with a View.
He additionally appeared in films resembling Oxford Blues, Leaving Las Vegas and The Killing Fields.
Sands set out for his closing hike at a time when California was experiencing unusually extreme winter storms, as a part of a sequence of high-moisture bands known as “atmospheric rivers” that dumped heavy rain and snow on the state.
It isn’t but clear precisely how the 65-year-old Sands died, however advisories in January cautioned that heavy snow had created treacherous situations within the Baldy Bowl Wilderness Protect of the San Gabriel Mountains, the place he was mountain climbing.
An preliminary search occasion was known as off attributable to avalanche dangers and poor path situations. Different search efforts, a few of which included drones and helicopters, additionally confronted issues attributable to fierce climate.
Based on the sheriff’s division, the final cell phone sign from Sands was picked up on January 15.
In a 2020 interview with The Guardian, the actor, a passionate climber and hiker, stated he was happiest when he was “near a mountain summit on an excellent chilly morning”.
Like many avid outdoorsmen, he additionally acknowledged that such proximity to the thrills of the pure world got here with dangers. Within the Nineties, Sands stated he had nearly died on a climbing expedition within the Andes mountain vary.
Sands recalled that he and three others have been “in a really unhealthy means” as they discovered themselves trapped by a storm at an altitude of greater than 6,096 metres (20,000 toes).
“Some guys near us perished,” he stated. “We have been fortunate.”
