DragonKing Dark: The Johnny Lewis ‘Sons of Anarchy’ tragedy

Karl Stern examines the sad end for the young actor.

This week’s dip into the 100 darkest moments in pop culture history focuses on an actor from one of the more popular cable shows in recent memory.

Johnny Lewis played the fan-favorite character Half Sack on the popular Sons of Anarchy TV series, portraying the role of a motorcycle gang prospect in the first season and full member in the second.

Fans were stunned when he was killed off on the show in season two and no one seemed to know why. However, that was just the first example of the extremely erratic behavior that would plague Lewis until it finally ended in both murder and his own death at the age of 28.

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