Is Soleil Borda Dead?

Soleil Borda: Did Soleil Borda die? She seems to have dropped off the earth. Soleil Borda played "Tina" in the sitcom "Still Standing" which ran from 2002 to 2005. Almost always, a child actor in a sitcom that runs several years gets more work after the sitcom ends. According to IMDB, Soleil Borda hasn't been in anything since "Still Standing" ended. That's peculiar because she had an odd, almost creepiness about her that could have gotten her many more roles. Soleil Borda doesn't have the look that would get her leading roles, but she certainly had a look and presence that would have landed her other sitcom roles and perhaps minor guest appearances in TV dramas.

I've looked up Soleil Borda in cyberspace and one viewer of "Still Standing" insists that after one of the episodes, it said "In Loving Memory of Soleil Borda." Another viewer said it was "In Loving Memory of Jacintha VanDaal." These names aren't the least bit similar. Another viewer suggested that the credit for Soleil Borda must have come right after the "In Loving Memory," thereby confusing that original viewer. But this makes no sense because the credit for Soleil Borda comes only at the beginning of the show.

A few people suggested that had Soleil Borda died, it would have made news, and would be in cyberspace somewhere. After all, she was a child actress in a sitcom. But I'm not so sure about this theory because Soleil Borda was not a leading child actress in a sitcom. She wasn't quite at the status that the actress who played "Rudy" was on "Cosby."

"Cosby" was a prime time high ranked sitcom. "Still Standing" didn't come close to this status, though I don't know why, since it's hilarious. Had the actress who played Rudy (who had more speaking lines than Soleil Borda) died, while she was still very young, that would have made major news. But a little chubby girl on "Still Standing"? I'm not sure this would have made the newspapers, and certainly not "Inside Edition" or CNN -- unless the death was the result of foul play or a car accident, perhaps. But if Soleil Borda died of illness...that may have been kept under wraps.