Hollywood just received a sad news recently as it was reported that 61-year old NCIS: Los Angeles actor, Miguel Ferrer, passed away while battling with throat cancer.

As reported by Deadline, showrunner R. Scott Gemmill released a statement confirming the news to the actor's fans and supporters. The statement said, "Today, NCIS: Los Angeles lost a beloved family member. Our thoughts go out to his wife Lori, his sons, and his entire family. He will be greatly missed."

The producer added that Ferrer had left a huge mark on the show, where the actor was a cast member from the third to the present season. He praised Ferrer's professional talent saying that he had an undeniably powerful dramatic presence on screen and a sense of humor with a big heart.

It was already reported before that Ferrer's absence on the recent episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles has an involvement with his health issues. It was confirmed just last year that he has been battling with throat cancer. Despite that fans had just known this, they continue to support the actor and the CBS series, where he was portraying one of the main characters, Owen Granger. Fans have been speculating that the actor's death might change some of the planned storyline of the series.

According to Carter Matt, the official synopsis released for the upcoming episode involves a kidnapping that will occur involving one of the team's agents. The government reportedly captures the team, consisting of G. Callen, Sam Hanna, Marty Deeks and Owen Granger, portrayed by actors Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Eric Christian Olsen and Miguel Ferrer, respectively. They will not be released until they find out who the mole is.

Furthermore, as hinted by the promo released, Callen attacks the guards as he gets annoyed from being interrogated while Deeks is still in isolation. According to the source, the mole is suspected to be a white male basin gon the teasers. The upcoming episodes of this season will hopefully reveal the mole on the team, which fans should look out for.

NCIS: Los Angeles season 8 episode 14 is scheduled to air on January 29, 2017 on CBS. Watch official teaser shown below.

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