<\/p>\n
Alyson Hannigan paid tribute to Anthony Head, her costar on Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Head died at the age of 72, his daughters announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n Hannigan starred as teen witch Willow opposite Head as fellow magic expert Rupert Giles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Alyson Hannigan<\/a>, known to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em><\/a> crowd as witchy Willow Rosenberg, paid tribute to her costar, Anthony Head, the man behind Rupert Giles on the long-running supernatural drama.<\/p>\n Head died at the age of 72<\/a> from “complications due to pneumonia,” the late actor’s daughters, Emily and Daisy, announced on Friday.<\/p>\n “This cut is so deep I fear it can never heal. \ud83d\udc94,” Hannigan said in a statement shared to social media. “Oh Tonal\u2026I am so grateful to have had you in my life! I want to say a million wonderful things about you and yet I can\u2019t seem to find the words that would do you justice. I love you so much and will miss you forever. RIP.”<\/p>\n Though Head’s Giles was primarily the Watcher in charge of overseeing Sarah Michelle Gellar<\/a>‘s Buffy Summers, the titular vampire Slayer, he had a complex but deeply heartfelt relationship with Willow. On the core Team Buffy, they were both the magic users; Willow more so.<\/p>\n Giles was often a mentor to the young witch, though things took a more serious turn when Willow succumbed to darker magicks (e.g. the “Dark Willow” saga of season 6).<\/p>\n The veteran cast members of Buffy<\/em>, which ran for seven seasons starting in 1997, experienced more loss than most shows in recent years.<\/p>\n Anthony Head and Alyson Hannigan on ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <\/em><\/strong>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Michelle Trachtenberg<\/a>, who played Buffy’s young sister Dawn, died in February 2025<\/a> at the age of 39 from complications with diabetes mellitus<\/a>. Only two months ago, in March 2026, Nicholas Brendon, a.k.a. Xander Harris, died at 54<\/a>. An autopsy report<\/a> confirmed Brendon passed away from atherosclerotic and hypertensive cardiovascular disease, with acute pneumonia and previous myocardial infarction \u2014 commonly known as a heart attack \u2014 being contributing factors.<\/p>\n Of Trechtenberg, Hannigan wrote on social media last year<\/a> how “she brought a loving energy to the set of Buffy.”<\/p>\n Of Brendon, with whom she shared a closer bond, the actress wrote<\/a>, “My Sweet Nicky, thank you for years of laughter, love and Dodgers. I will think of you every time I see a rocking chair. I love you.”<\/p>\n
Credit: 20th Century Fox Film Corp.\/Courtesy Everett<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n