His organs shut down during his treatment at a West Virginia hospital, according to media reports. Garrison had been hospitalized with kidney and liver issues for the past month. But he'll remain in our thoughts every day as we strive to make him proud. We were looking forward to seeing his smiling face again this season, as we had plans for Tommy to ride again. I'm heartened to know how much Rob enjoyed and cherished his time working on Cobra Kai. Hurwitz also tweeted, “We were looking forward to seeing his smiling face again this season, as we had plans for Tommy to ride again,” revealing that the Garrison was potentially scheduled to appear in season three. My heart goes out to Rob's family during this difficult time. He was a truly gifted performer and an even better man. Our entire Karate Kid/Cobra Kai family is devastated by the news of OG Cobra Rob Garrison's passing. Hurwitz shared his sympathies Friday, tweeting, “Our entire Karate Kid/Cobra Kai family is devastated by the news of the OG Cobra Rob Garrison’s passing.”
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He had recently reprised his role as Tommy in the series “Cobra Kai,” which was written and produced by Jon Hurwitz. Garrison’s character is known for his “Karate Kid” line, “Get him a body bag!” He is survived by his brother Patrick.Rob Garrison, best known for playing Tommy in both “ The Karate Kid” and recent series “ Cobra Kai,” died Friday morning. His family is currently making funeral arrangements. His organs shut down during his treatment at a West Virginia hospital. Variety reports that Garrison had been hospitalized with kidney and liver issues for the last several weeks. It was just another layer to this show - all of a sudden, you’re in the woods with a bunch of grown men and you’re crying." 5. They were thrilled to get the chance to put on the masks of these characters again, to have a little bit more depth to them, more maturity, with time and resentment added to what happened the last time we saw them, in the parking lot at the beginning of Karate Kid II. And Rob Garrison, Ron Thomas, Tony O’Dell - they were all totally game. "We reached out to those guys, and getting to work with them on this show was yet another dream come true for us. And in that episode we had large parts of it worked out: We knew how it was going to end, we knew there was going to be some sort of karate in there, and we really wanted to bring those guys in in such a way that would inform the story that Johnny was dealing with at the time…," he said. "We talked about that in the earliest talks we had amongst the three of us breaking story for season 2. Back in April, show producer Jon Hurwitz spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the plan to bring the whole cast together in that way. It's a poignant scene in light of Garrison's death now. In the episode, the guys get Tommy out of a hospital where he is dying of cancer to have one final binding moment together. In Season 2 of the web series Cobra Kai, Garrison made a special appearance, reprising his role as Tommy. RELATED: RIP Robert Hunter - Grateful Dead Lyricist Dead At 78 4. This year, he joined the cast of the YouTube series Cobra Kai to reprise the role of Tommy for the series about the Karate Kid dojo. He was seen on shows like Macguyver, Columbo and Coach as well as in a film called The Pledge. While he went on to play the role of Tommy again in The Karate Kid 2, Garrison also continued to work in film and television for decades after those films.
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