So that photo shoot I referred to in this post was for Entertainment Weekly, and the issue is now on the stands — with a variety of different covers of the main characters from ‘Lost.’  It’s a big farewell to the show, with a variety of articles and reminiscences.  There’s a piece in it called “The Dead Zone” (not online, tho) dedicated to those — including dear Ethan — whose “end came far too soon.”

The excerpt on Ethan:

When He Died:  Season 1, Ep 15

How:  Shot by Charlie, whom he’d once tried to kill.  [WM:  This is supposition, people.  Have we not gone over this?  Charlie’s hanging occurred off-camera, and Charlie never said who did it.  We have an annoying little obligation in this country called burden of proof.  Sheesh.  Okay, moving on.]

On Learning He Would Die:  “Although I had only been on a few episodes, I was looking forward to some more, and I thought, ‘Arrgh! To be gone so quickly after having tasted the fruit of the show.’  I felt sorry for Ethan.  He was unarmed and Charlie pulled out a gun.  I felt sympathy for Ethan.  So I wept for me, and I wept for Ethan.”

I have no recollection of saying the above, but it sounds just like that whiny Mapother, so I have no doubt it’s accurate reporting.