<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1984--2007 </Td> </Tr> <P> John Carroll Dye (January 31, 1963--January 10, 2011) was an American film and television actor known for his role as Andrew in the religious television drama series Touched by an Angel . </P> <P> Dye was born in Amory, Mississippi, one of three sons of Jim and Lynn Dye, a furniture manufacturer and homemaker, respectively, who raised their sons in the Methodist faith . The family moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, where he attended Cleveland High School, and later to Tupelo, Mississippi . He was introduced to acting by playing the role of Friedrich, the eldest von Trapp child in a school production of The Sound of Music at Cleveland High School . He performed as a trombonist in the band program . He graduated from Tupelo High School, where he again played Friedrich von Trapp . Dye found himself bitten by the acting bug . After graduating, he enrolled at Mississippi State University in hopes of becoming a civil rights lawyer . After a year at Mississippi State University, he decided to become an actor, and was advised against it by his great - grandmother . He transferred to Memphis State and majored in theater . </P>

Who played the angel of death in touched by an angel