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The karate school of late "Power Rangers" star Jason David Frank is being sued by its landlord, Valencia Marketplace, for allegedly not paying rent since November and December 2022. The shopping mall is seeking $47,347 in unpaid rent from Rising Sun Karate. Jason died by suicide last year, and his karate school has been kept open by co-founder Sam Sprague to continue his teachings.
The Netflix special, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, pays tribute to Thuy Trang and Jason David Frank, who played the Yellow and Green Rangers respectively. Trang died in a car accident in 2001, while Frank died by suicide in 2022. The special centers on honoring Trang's character, Trini, and ends with a tribute song from an episode of the show's second season. The original Blue and Black Rangers, David Yost and Walter Emmanuel Jones, express their grief and honor for their former castmates.
Amy Jo Johnson, the original Pink Ranger, clarified that her absence from the upcoming Power Rangers reunion movie was not due to money, but rather personal reasons such as not wanting to wear spandex in her 50s or being unable to film in New Zealand for a month. She also mentioned that her former co-star, Jason David Frank, who played the original Green-turned-White Ranger, also chose not to participate for his own reasons. Many other early cast members will appear in the special, which features the Power Rangers facing a familiar threat from the past.
A preview clip of Jason David Frank's final movie role in "Legend of The White Dragon" has been released, showing the late actor's mixed martial arts skills in an epic fight scene with Mark Dacascos. Frank, who died by suicide in November 2022, plays a fugitive trying to clear his name in the city he once fought to protect. The movie will be released this fall, lining up with what would have been Frank's 50th birthday. Frank was also one of the producers of the film, and his daughter has a supporting role.