[Jets4Life]

This story gets more depressing as the details slowly filter in:

"Former child star Neil Hope, who played Derek (Wheels) Wheeler on the long-running youth series "Degrassi," died alone in a Hamilton rooming house in 2007, said former fiancee Christina Boulard on Thursday, as details of the troubled actor's final years emerged.

Boulard said family members had spent years trying to track down Hope's whereabouts after hearing rumours of his passing several years ago, but only learned the truth last month from Hamilton police. She said he died on Nov. 25, 2007 of "natural causes" but refused to explain further, only saying Hope was diabetic.

Boulard expressed frustration over the bizarre case, saying: "We are mourning right along with you guys."

"I have a lot of anger inside me because of the way this was handled by the Hamilton police," said Boulard, who lives in the southern Ontario city.

source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/art...139452123.html