• @thessnake03
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    17910 months ago

    Such a great actor. He’ll be missed.

    Sincerely, Captain Raymond Holt

  • @MamboGator
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  • @canthidiumOP
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    10410 months ago

    So sad. I know he’s mostly known nowadays for Brooklyn 99, but I first remember him from Primal Fear.

    • @[email protected]
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      2410 months ago

      I first remembered him from Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the bad general guy. Loved him in B99 as Captain dad … Holt. RIP

      • @[email protected]
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        710 months ago

        Watched it again within the last few years, and about a quarter of the way through I’m like WAIT THATS CPT HOLT. Never made the connection before because he’s so much younger in that movie, and wasn’t a name like Denzel or Broderick

    • @[email protected]
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      910 months ago

      Strangely, I remember him from Men of a Certain Age the most.

      This might add new context to that show now.

      Either way, very sad indeed

      • @shrodes
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        410 months ago

        Such an underrated show. I wish it got more praise that was definitely deserved

  • @Son_of_dad
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    9510 months ago

    This is terrible news… I am in incredible pain

  • @[email protected]
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    5410 months ago

    Shit! I’m halfway through watching Brooklyn Nine Nine for the first time. He’s really fun to watch and absolutely nails the role. Rest in peace you badass mofo.

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          Now you’ve done it. You’ve made me turn my chair.

          (I don’t feed the trolls and they definitely didn’t deserve this reply. You were the closest cool person.)

      • @nslatz
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        6110 months ago

        There is a journalistic shorthand at work here, “brief illness” usually means something discovered too late to treat, RIP Sir.

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            I’d agree that cancer is most likely, especially given his relatively young age. Acute issues (like a stroke or appendicitis) wouldn’t really get called an “illness” at all, and most of the other terminal diseases you expect to see first diagnosed in people in their 60’s (like early onset Alzheimer’s, Parkinsons, ALS, etc.) don’t typically have much of a mortality rate until people reach their 70’s. Plus, cancer seems the most likely to fly under the radar until relatively late, given how many cases have few or no symptoms until after the tumor gets metastasized or inoperable.

            Exceptions exist of course, but cancer seems to make the most sense to me.

            • WHYAREWEALLCAPS
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              If I had to lay odds, I’d say colon cancer. That sneaks up on a lot of men as they age and is notoriously hard to fight once it spreads. Once it does your 5 year survival rate is 13%. If you catch it while localized or regional, your odds of survival aren’t bad.

            • @nslatz
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              210 months ago

              Heart attack or stroke are usually described by the media as “died suddenly”.

  • @jordanlund
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    2910 months ago

    Everything about Homicide: Life on the Street was stellar. Then the producers went on to The Wire.

  • @[email protected]
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    2810 months ago

    Like they said in the article, Homicide Life on the Street is where I remember him from. Lots of good actors and performances in that show, but he was a standout. RIP.

  • Rose56
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    2610 months ago

    RIP I saw him on Brooklyn Nine-Nine series and I loved him, he was young men, only 61 so sad!

    • @Pinecone
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      1310 months ago

      B99 would not be anywhere near as good of a show without him. He was brilliant in his role.