«A Christmas Carol» actor Julien Arnold died after collapsing onstage during a performance at Edmonton\u2019s Citadel Theater on Sunday.<\/b>
\nActor Julien Arnold died unexpectedly after collapsing onstage during a performance of \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d in Canada. He was 60.
Paramedics responded to the medical emergency at Edmonton\u2019s Citadel Theater around 8:30 p.m. local time on Sunday and attempted to resuscitate Arnold, per CBC News.
He was reportedly pronounced dead at the theater.
Arnold was remembered by Jessie van Rijn, the theater\u2019s executive director, and Daryl Clora, the artistic director.
The duo told CBC News that the actor would be \u201cdeeply missed\u201d as a \u201ccherished member of the Edmonton theater community.\u201d
\u201cHis presence brought joy, heart and depth to every role, and his artistic contributions \u2014 and big hugs \u2014 will be deeply missed,\u201d they shared.
David Horak, a member of Free Will Players, which Arnold co-founded, also told the outlet, \u201c[Arnold] had the ability to create characters that had the biggest hearts in the world.\u201d
Horak continued, \u201cHe was like that as well, as a person.\u201d
The Canadian-born actor was also remembered via the theater\u2019s Instagram as \u201ca gifted performer whose charisma and talent graced our stage in countless productions.\u201d
The theater shared photos of Arnold starring in \u201cA Christmas Carol,\u201d \u201cThe Wizard of OZ\u201d and more productions.
Arnold was raised in Edmonton, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1989, per the Canadian Theater Encyclopedia.
He later returned to the university and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 2006.
Arnold founded The Atlas Theatre Collective theater company in 2008.
Arnold was married to Sheiny Satanove, who served as the managing director for the Punctuate! Theatre in Edmonton.<\/p>\n