Yahoo Sports André Braugher Cause Of Death Revealed
Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Homicide: Life On The Street actor André Braugher died from lung cancer a few months after he was diagnosed with the disease, his representative confirmed to Deadline Thursday.
The 61-year-old died Monday. At the time his representative said the actor had died from a brief illness.
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The two-time Emmy winning Braugher was perhaps best known his lead role Det. Frank Pembleton on David Simon’s dark police drama Homicide: Life On The Street, which focused on the homicide unit of the Baltimore Police Department. It ran for seven seasons on NBC.
In a statement Tuesday, NBC Entertainment remembered Braugher as an “actor that others in the profession would always aspire to be.”
“In addition to his prowess as a dramatic actor, his comedy chops were also on full display as the determined and passionate Capt. Holt in ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine.’ We will miss him tremendously,” the statement read.
He most recently co-starred in She Said, the drama film retelling of New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, whose reporting led to the prosecution of Harvey Weinstein and sparked the #MeToo movement. He starred as Dean Baquet, the Times‘ Executive Editor who oversaw the two reporters.
His breakthrough role came in 1989’s Glory, starring alongside Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington, who won an Oscar for the film about an all-Black Army regiment during the the Civil War.
Nominated for 11 Emmys during his career, his other credits include Law & Order: SVU, The Good Fight, Last Resort and House, among others.
He is survived by his wife, Ami Brabson, also an actor on Homicide: Life on the Street, and three sons.
Mike Fleming Jr. contributed to this report.
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