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Andre Braugher, Emmy winner and star of Brooklyn Nine-Nine died suddenly, shocking the entertainment industry.
On Tuesday Night (December 12), Andre Braugher has been confirmed dead. His publicist, Jennifer Allen, said Braugher died after a brief illness. He did not specify what this disease was. Braugher was 61 years old. His death was mourned by David Simon, who remembered it Homicide: Life on the Street actor in a post on X, formerly Twitter: “I've worked with a lot of great actors. I will never work with a better one.”
Braugher rose to fame after a major role in the acclaimed 1989 film Glory, starring as Corporal Thomas Searles of the all-black 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Union Army during the Civil War. The actor will build on that success as intense Baltimore detective Frank Pembleton Homicide: Life on the Street. Braugher would win the first of two Emmy Awards for his role, earning a reputation as an actor with formidable presence. He went on to star in many films, including Spike Lee Get on the bus and HBO The Tuskegee Airmen. Braugher also made his mark on television series such as House, The Good Fight, Men of a Certain Age starring opposite Ray Romano, and Thief. That FX crime miniseries earned him his second Emmy.
The actor gained a whole new audience when he turned to comedy, starring as Captain Raymond Holt, the strict but hilarious district commander in the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. His co-star Terry Crews expressed his condolences in an Instagram post. “I can't believe you're gone so soon. I am honored to have known you, laughed with you, worked with you and shared 8 glorious years of watching your irreplaceable talent. This hurts. You left us too soon,” he wrote.
Born on the West Side of Chicago on July 1, 1962, Braugher attended St. Ignatius Prep and earned a scholarship to Stanford University. Noting that he could have been more successful, Braugher put it into perspective by noting his choice to focus on his family life. “It was an interesting career, but I think it could have been longer,” he said HuffPost. “I think it could cover more disciplines: directing, producing, all these other different things. But it would be at the expense of my own life.”
