From “Half Sack” to No Sack: “SOA” Actor, Johnny Lewis, Dead at 28

For all you “Sons of Anarchy” fans, seems as if Johnny Lewis has possibly killed himself after officers responded to the home of a Catherine Davis and not only fond the body of the 81-year-old woman but that of Lewis as well.

Neighbors reported hearing a woman screaming & glass breaking in a home in Los Feliz, an affluent neighborhood near Hollywood, and apparently when LAPD rolled up on the scene they found the body of Lewis lying in a pool of blood in the driveway from an apparent fall from the roof, and upon entering the hillside home of [Catherine] Davis, found her dead on the second floor of her three floor home.

Cmdr. Andrew Smith of the Los Angeles Police department told reporters that the scene where [Catherine] Davis’ body was found was “gruesome” & believes that [Johnny] Lewis was renting a room from Davis. Lewis is also the main suspect in her killing because evidence shows that no one else was in the home at the time of the two deaths. In addition, reports from the neighbors say that a man fitting Lewis’ description jumped the fence that connected that of Davis’ property, assaulted the homeowner and a painter before jumping back to the other side. The man then climbed onto the roof of the house because of the sirens of approaching LAPD in what is thought to be a possible escape attempt. It is unclear at the moment whether [Johnny] Lewis jumped or fell.

Drugs are expected in the strange ending to Lewis’ life. However, TOX reports won’t be back for a few days. Lewis has been in trouble with the law lately. He plead No Contest to an assault with a deadly weapon & had an attempted burglary charge according to police records, and was released from jail on September 21st.

[Johnny] Lewis is probably best known for playing the character Kip “Half Sack” Epps on the FX Network’s “Sons of Anarchy” for two seasons (26 episodes) before being killed off on the second season finale.

During an interview back in 2009 “SOA” creator, Kurt Sutter, told Alan Sepinwall that Lewis wasn’t happy on the show. Saying: “Creatively, he [Johnny Lewis] wanted out of his contract.” And after conversations they decided to find a noble way for him to go.

About the killings, Sutter Tweeted that Lewis’ death “was a tragic end to an extremely talented guy, who had unfortunately lost his way”. Sutter also Tweeted that he was not shocked by the events, & was deeply saddened by the death of Davis.

Lewis’ acting resume contains 33 projects. Other than “SOA” Lewis was in the 2010 indie feature “The Runaways”; 9 episodes of Fox’s “The OC”; and the upcoming “186 Dollars to get Out”.

As for Catherine Davis, she lived in the home for decades, renting out her rooms to young actors & actresses; writers & other movie industry people.