sentences:  J. Michael Straczynski has said that Franklin eventually dies while exploring an unknown planet, but has not revealed the details of exactly how or when he dies.When Biggs died in May 2004, Straczynski had been working on a "Babylon 5" script titled "The Memory of Shadows".Straczynski decided not to recast the Franklin character, and rewrote the script to remove him from the story.