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US component subdivision instrumentalist Nelsan Ellis, who starred inwards the pop HBO serial True Blood, has died aged 39, his director confirmed.
Ellis, best known for playing the flamboyant Lafayette Reynolds inwards the horror-drama series, died afterward complications from see failure.
"He was a slap-up talent, too his words too presence volition last forever missed," his director Emily Gerson Saines told the Hollywood Reporter.
Ellis appeared inwards True Blood from 2008 until the serial ended inwards 2014.
"We were extremely saddened to postulate heed of the passing of Nelsan Ellis," HBO said inwards a disceptation on Saturday.
"Nelsan was a long-time fellow member of the HBO menage unit of measurement whose groundbreaking portrayal of Lafayette volition last remembered fondly," the disceptation added.
Ellis appeared regularly throughout the serial of True Blood afterward starting fourth dimension appearing every bit the educate at a local eatery inwards 2008. He played the component subdivision of Lafayette, a charismatic gay medium who was able to contact ghosts.
For the role, Ellis received a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy for best supporting component subdivision instrumentalist inwards a boob tube series.
He too featured amongst Viola Davis too Octavia Spencer inwards the cinema adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help inwards 2011. Sumber http://www.dnbstories.com/
US component subdivision instrumentalist Nelsan Ellis, who starred inwards the pop HBO serial True Blood, has died aged 39, his director confirmed.
Ellis, best known for playing the flamboyant Lafayette Reynolds inwards the horror-drama series, died afterward complications from see failure.
"He was a slap-up talent, too his words too presence volition last forever missed," his director Emily Gerson Saines told the Hollywood Reporter.
Ellis appeared inwards True Blood from 2008 until the serial ended inwards 2014.
"We were extremely saddened to postulate heed of the passing of Nelsan Ellis," HBO said inwards a disceptation on Saturday.
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| Nelsan Ellis every bit Lafayette inwards True Blood |
"Nelsan was a long-time fellow member of the HBO menage unit of measurement whose groundbreaking portrayal of Lafayette volition last remembered fondly," the disceptation added.
Ellis appeared regularly throughout the serial of True Blood afterward starting fourth dimension appearing every bit the educate at a local eatery inwards 2008. He played the component subdivision of Lafayette, a charismatic gay medium who was able to contact ghosts.
For the role, Ellis received a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy for best supporting component subdivision instrumentalist inwards a boob tube series.
He too featured amongst Viola Davis too Octavia Spencer inwards the cinema adaptation of Kathryn Stockett's novel The Help inwards 2011. Sumber http://www.dnbstories.com/