James Franco R.i.p.

But now I lay me down to sleep, And now I close my eyes…

Following a post yesterday from his friends and family that BowieNetter James Franco was in intensive care following a motor vehicle accident, it is with much sadness that we have to report that he passed away yesterday.

Though I had no personal contact with James, it’s clear from the posts on the MBs that he was loved by a great many BowieNet members and he will be dearly missed.

Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this terrible time.

Described by many of you as beautiful, the 19-year-old was passionate about music and art and was a prolific poster to The Gallery with almost 200 contributions since 2003!

Here’s one of his pieces, a portrait of David Bowie…

James also had a band called TWIN EFFECT who he had just started to enthusiastically plug on myspace.com.

I’ll leave you with a quote from James’ profile page.

“Beauty is a form of Genius — is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation.” – Oscar Wilde