Editing David Rappaport (section)

==Final years, death and legacy==
Rappaport struggled with [[clinical depression|depression]] later in his life. Just before his death, he had been cast and begun filming for the role of [[Kivas Fajo]] in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[The Most Toys]]". During filming, Rappaport attempted suicide, and the scenes he had completed were later discarded when actor [[Saul Rubinek]] was hurriedly brought in by producers to replace him and complete the episode. The scenes of Rappaport as Kivas Fajo were included on the Season 3 [[Blu-ray Disc]] release of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''.<ref>{{cite web|title=TNG S3 Blus: David Rappaport "The Most Toys" Footage Will Be Included|date=31 March 2013|url=http://trekcore.com/blog/2013/03/tng-s3-blus-david-rappaport-the-most-toys-footage-will-be-included/|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref>

Rappaport died by [[suicide]] on 2 May 1990. He shot himself in the chest in [[San Fernando Valley#Parks and recreation|Laurel Canyon Park]] in the [[San Fernando Valley]] in California.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/575114.stm |title=Star Wars to Snow White: The life of a dwarf actor |publisher=BBC News| date= 23 December 1999 |access-date=6 May 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=4 May 1990 |author=Jocelyn Y. Stewart |title=Actor Rappaport Apparent Suicide Victim |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-05-04-mn-145-story.html |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] }}</ref>

Two of the creators of the US television series ''[[The Wizard (TV series)|The Wizard]]'', [[Michael Berk]] and [[Douglas Schwartz]], went on to produce the lifeguard drama ''[[Baywatch]]''. In this show's fifth season is an episode entitled "Short Sighted" which originally aired on 31 October 1994. Part of this episode concerns junior lifeguard Carter McKay (Nicholas Banko), whose father Simon McKay ([[Ed Gale]]) is a namesake tribute to Rappaport's character on ''The Wizard''.<ref>[http://www.thewizardtvfansite.com The Wizard Official Fansite & Definitive Cyberhome]</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120913202032/http://www.tv.com/baywatch/short-sighted/episode/26061/summary.html Summary of ''Baywatch'' episode "Short Sighted"] at TV.com</ref>