Rest in Peace, Fineus

Friday, 9 December 2011 2 Comments

Adam Burton as Fineus the Leprechaun
Our thoughts and prayers today are with the family and friends of Adam Burton. Adam passed away yesterday. In our first two years of doing this show, Adam created and played the character of Fineus Finbarr Fergus Flannagan Fitzgerald, or “F5” as we affectionately called him, a leprechaun who inhabited the school and helped the professors fight the evils of Persephone. We will all miss Adam’s infectious enthusiasm, his boundless creativity, his wonderful sense of humor, and his enormous talent.

Rest in peace, Adam. May the spirit of Fineus abide in the halls of Avistrum forever.

2 thoughts on “Rest in Peace, Fineus”

  1. I am one of his students in Flagstaff Academy. I couldn’t believe this when I found out. I loved him like a second father. I am proud to have had a teacher so dedicated to his work and students. I am part of his LA and drama classes. He made every one laugh when he told a joke. And everyone cried in and out on December 9, 2o11.
    We all love you and miss you Mr.Burton.
    Your loving student, Hailey.

  2. I was never one of his students at Flagstaff Academy but I sure wanted to be. He is one of the coolest teachers you would’ve ever had. I was so upset about Mr. Burton, me and my friends were getting back from Art class when we saw a lot of middle school students crying, we all wondered what was going on but couldn’t figure it out! When we got to our lunch table we saw all the aids with tears in their eyes, THEN WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON! We asked all of them but they wouldn’t tell us, but then my friend Halie she saw her brother Morgan she went to ask him all he said was GO AWAY! So then she asked her friend Skylar and she said that Mr. Burton might have died!!! We all started crying then finally we found out it was true.

    Your friend,
    Ashlyn

    P.S. Love you Mr. Burton

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