Degrassi’s “wheels’ has been dead for over 4 years!!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/02/16/neil-hope-obit.html

Actor Neil Hope, who played Derek “Wheels” Wheeler on the long-running Degrassi series, died more than four years ago, it was confirmed publicly for the first time on Thursday.

Degrassi producers Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn said he died in 2007. Hope was 35 at the time of his death.

“We have respected the privacy of the family by not saying anything until now, but our entire team is very emotional about his passing,” Stohn said on his Twitter feed.