Logan Williams

Logan Kari Williams (9 April 2003 – 2 April 2020) was a Canadian child actor, best known for playing young Barry Allen on The CW series The Flash.

Life and career Logan Kari Williams was born on 9 April 2003 in Vancouver, and raised in Coquitlam. He attended Hope Lutheran School and Terry Fox Secondary School in Port Coquitlam. He made 8 appearances total from season 1 to the premiere of season 2. For his performance, he was nominated as Best Emerging Performer in the 2015 UBCP/ACTRA Awards. He acted in Hallmark series When Calls the Heart and made appearances in The Whispers and Supernatural.

Williams had been discovered using marijuana by his mother Marlyse when he was 13 and, according to her, his drug addiction progressed since. The coroner's report later revealed that, in February 2020 during custody, he was resuscitated after an overdose and subsequently diagnosed with a "significant brain injury that affected his memory and functioning." in a residential care group home in Burnaby. Previous evening, he was reported missing from the residence; when he returned at 11 p.m. he "appeared agitated and under the influence of a substance." His cause of death was later determined as accidental fentanyl overdose.

He was survived by his mother, father Clive, and grandparents. Following the news of his death, several of his former co-stars have shared their condolences, such as Grant Gustin, John Wesley Shipp, and Erin Krakow. She has criticised the Ministry for their handling of her son's case, and in 2022, filed lawsuit against the Ministry and the Burnaby care facility, accusing them of negligence.

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