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<h1>Missing actor's body found in Vancouver park, source says</h1>
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<div class="cnnbyline">By <b>Alan Duke</b></div>
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<p>Actor Andrew Koenig, missing since February 14, was found dead in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, a source close to the family
told CNN.</p>
<p>The body of the former "Growing Pains" star was found in a park,
according to the source, who spoke to Koenig's father after Koenig was
informed of the discovery.</p>
<p>The source asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the
matter.</p>
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<p>Koenig, 41, was reported missing by his parents after he did not
board a flight to Los Angeles from Vancouver last week.</p>
<p>Vancouver police confirmed a body was found in Stanley Park around
noon Thursday, but said only that it was "believed to be that of Andrew
Koenig."</p>
<p>A police news conference, with his parents expected to attend, was
set for 5 p.m. local time (8 p.m. ET) in the park to discuss the case.</p>
<p>Walter Koenig -- himself an actor, known for his role as Pavel
Chekov in the "Star Trek" series -- flew to Vancouver with his wife,
Judy, on Tuesday to help with the search.</p>
<p>The Koenigs said they received a letter from him last week in which
their son wrote in a "despondent tone."</p>
<p>He had stopped taking medication for depression about a year ago,
his father said.</p>
<p>Unknown to his parents at the time, Andrew Koenig sold or gave away
many of his possessions and moved out of his apartment in Venice,
California, before traveling to Canada, the family said.</p>
<p>Koenig fell in love with Vancouver in 1988 when he first visited to
film an episode of the TV show "21 Jump Street," his father said.</p>
<p>Koenig appeared in 25 episodes of "Growing Pains" from 1985 to 1989,
playing Richard "Boner" Stabone, according to a filmography posted on
the Internet Movie Database Web site. He also appeared in episodes of
several other television shows.</p>
<p>He is described as "a gifted and passionate multitalented young man"
on his father's Web site.</p>
<p>He performed at The Improv and had roles in movies that included
"NonSeNse," "InAlienable," "The Theory of Everything" and "Batman: Dead
End." He also acted on television in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,"
"G.I. Joe," "My Two Dads," "21 Jump Street," "My Sister Sam" and
"Adam-12," the Web site said, and edited, directed, produced and wrote
a number of films.</p>
<p class="cnninline">Koenig was an activist interested in many causes,
his father's Web site says. He was arrested at the Rose Bowl in 2008
while protesting U.S. involvement in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in
China. He opposed U.S. participation because of China's support for a
repressive regime in Myanmar, also known as Burma, the Web site says.</p>
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