The Office actor Mark York who played Billy Merchant ‘dead at 55 after an illness’

THE Office actor Mark York is dead at the age of 55 after he “passed of an illness.”

He was best known for playing Billy Merchant on the popular NBC sitcom.

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According to TMZ, Mark passed away last week at Miami Valley Hospital in Ohio, however while his death is said to have come quick, an exact cause of death has not been confirmed.

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