{"id":2696,"date":"2026-03-27T01:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2026-03-27T01:06:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:06:34","slug":"beloved-actor-passes-away-unexpectedly-at-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/?p=2696","title":{"rendered":"Beloved Actor Passes Away Unexpectedly at 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nathaniel \u201cNate\u201d Pelletier, known from the When Calls the Heart, has sadly passed away at 53. The show, starring Lori Loughlin and Jack Wagner, lost someone who played a small on-screen role but had a big presence behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared as a taxi driver in several episodes, but was \u201cbest known as a member of the show\u2019s transportation department,\u201d where he cared for and drove the vintage vehicles used in filming. Nate died at his home in Langley, British Columbia, on April 11.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Cummins, who plays Henry Gowen, shared a heartfelt tribute remembering their time together. He recalled simple moments, saying, \u201cI have spent more hours at work sitting in the blue room, in silence or in conversation with Gord and Nate than I have standing on tape with the camera rolling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His words reflected how much Nate meant beyond the camera. He also shared personal memories: \u201cI just came back from a ride on the bike Gord and Nate put together for the girls\u2026\u201d showing Nate\u2019s kindness and hands-on spirit.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, Cummins captured the loss deeply: \u201cLife is constantly changing. Things are never the same. The Valley will not be the same without Nathaniel Pelletier. He was a gentle soul and it was my honor to call him friend.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathaniel \u201cNate\u201d Pelletier, known from the When Calls the Heart, has sadly passed away at 53. The show, starring Lori Loughlin and Jack Wagner, lost someone who&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2698,"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2696\/revisions\/2698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbdc.it.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}