#RestInPower: Remembering The Celebs We Lost In 2019 - Page 22
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Charise Frazier
John Witherspoon
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Witherspoon, a revered actor and comedian, died on October 29 at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. He was 77-years-old. Witherspoon was a beloved father figure, playing the dad we all wished we could hang out with in TV series and movies alike including Friday (and its sequels Next Friday and Friday After Next) as well as Hollywood Shuffle, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Bird, Vampire in Brooklyn, Boomerang, The Wayans Bros., and The Meteor Man. He was also a respected comedian who rose in Hollywood with the likes of Richard Pryor, Robin Williams, Jay Leno and David Letterman.
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