Actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters died in a plane crash in the Eastern Caribbean.
The plane went down west of Petit Nevis, a small private island near Bequia, part of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on Thursday afternoon, according to the Caribbean nation's police.
Pilot Robert Sachs also died.
Police said in a statement that the single-engine plane had just taken off from the city of Bequia, popular with tourists, heading to St. Lucia, about 65 miles (104 kilometers) away.
Officers identified the girls as 10-year-old Madita Klepser and 12-year-old Annick Klepser.
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear, according to police.
Fishermen and divers in the area headed to the crash site to assist the St. Vincent and Grenadines Coast Guard in the search.
“The brave and selfless actions of the fishermen and divers are greatly appreciated,” police said.
Oliver, 51, whose real name is Christian Klebser, has played dozens of film and television roles, including the 2008 film Speed Racer and The Good German, a 2006 World War II film that also starred George Clooney and Cate Blanchett.
He appeared in the second season of the 1990s TV series Saved by the Bell: The New Class, playing a Swiss transfer student named Brian Keller.
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Originally from Frankfurt, he played a detective in Alarm für Cobra 11, a long-running German television police drama in the early 2000s.
On Monday, Oliver posted a photo of a beach at sunset on Instagram, wishing his followers a Happy New Year “from somewhere in heaven.”
