Actor Mark York Passed Away

An actor and inventor famed for playing billy merchant on the office opposite Steve Carroll has died he was 55.

                                                     

The actor passed away in the early morning of May 19th in Miami valley hospital following a brief and unexpected illness according to an obituary posted by Kreitzer funeral home which is located near his hometown of Arkhanum Ohio where he grew up the exact cause of death has not been disclosed. York played merchant properties manager of the Scranton office park where under Mifflin is located during seasons two through five of NBC cult classic sitcom. His recurring character was like York a paraplegic and experienced many an awkward encounter with carol's bumbling branch manager Michael Scott.

The office actor Rayne Wilson 55 was the first co-star to pay public homage he was a terrific human a positive force and a dynamic actor you will be missed. York had been paraplegic since 1988 when he suffered an almost fatal life-changing auto accident. According to the bio on his personal website that near-death experience led him back to school and in the acting he had such an outgoing uplifting positive attitude and personality. 

He always tried to look at what he could accomplish and do now what he couldn't do his album reads he had experienced many travel opportunities and many dreams for the future in the past several years he had been working as an inventor and had obtained two pants for his inventions. The Rcanum high school alum was a triple major graduate of Anderson university in nearby Indiana where he had done some print modeling before he was encouraged by several friends to head west to pursuing acting in California credited as Marcus a York on his MBD profile the actor also guest starred on CSI new York and eight simple rules with Ohn Ritter and appeared in uncredited roles in Steven Spielberg's 2001 film. 

An artificial intelligence and the 1997 any going all the way opposite Benafleck he was an avid sports fan all sports but especially like the Cincinnati reds Ohio state football and Kentucky wildcats basketball mark also loved coming home to his mom's house and playing numerous table games with her and his brother Brian for hours on end. According to the family statement he was a competitive spirit that kept them laughing throughout their time together. He will be deeply missed by all the lives he has touched. York is survived by his brother Brian York mother Becky York father Glenn York as well as numerous aunts uncles cousins relatives and friends.