Julian Sands’ body was positively identified by the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department on Tuesday after hikers found his remains on Mt. Baldy last weekend. He was 65.
“The identification process for the body located on Mt. Baldy on June 24, 2023, has been completed and was positively identified as 65-year-old Julian Sands of North Hollywood,” authorities said.
“The manner of death is still under investigation, pending further test results.”
Sheriffs added, “We would like to extend our gratitude to all the volunteers that worked tirelessly to locate Mr. Sands.”
A powerful winter storm hit southern California in February, which also delayed ground searches “for some time,” San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials confirmed to Fox News Digital.
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Born in England in 1958, Sands began his pursuit of a career in the arts at the London School of Speech and Drama.
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“Julian and I were very, very close,” Malkovich said during a press conference in Berlin for “Seneca – On the Creation of Earthquakes.”
“I’m a godfather to his first son from his first marriage to Sarah, who I know very well,” Malkovich added via Deadline.
Julian Sands and John Malkovich met in the ’80s and have since been close friends. (David M. Benett)
Julian Sands and John Malkovich lived together at one point after filming “The Killing Fields.” (George Chinsee)
Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, Sam Waterston and Julian Sands star in a scene from the 1984 film “The Killing Fields.” (Warner Bros.)
“It wasn’t apparent to me just how significant it is,” Sands told The Guardian in 2018. “How disturbing, how subversive, how really apropos today.”
“Boxing Helena” also received harsh feedback. Sands played a surgeon obsessed with a woman he had an affair with, and instead of accepting that she moved on, he amputated her limbs and held her captive.
“It just got the worst reviews and was dismissed as kind of pornographic,” Sands said. “But, actually, the poetic and political content is, I think, very enduring.”
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At the time of his death, Sands reportedly had six projects in the works, per IMDb.
Two weeks into the search, Julian’s family praised interagency rescue efforts, which included both ground and air crews.
“I am hugely appreciative for all the efforts made so far from the volunteer search and rescue climbers and the San Bernardino County Sheriff team to bring my father home,” Henry told The Times.
He added he was “of course, realistic about the impact on the search of the weather conditions over the last three months – it’s been a 40-year snowfall record in California.”
Sands is survived by wife Evgenia Citkowitz, their two daughters and his son from his first marriage.
