RIP nipsey russell
 

died yesterday :(

just heard it on MSNBC, nothing posted online that i've found as of yet. :(

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:( RIP Nipsey

Actor Nipsey Russell Dies

(New York-WABC, October 3, 2005) - Actor Nipsey Russell, known as "the poet laureate of television," passed away yesterday afternoon at Lenox Hill Hospital.

Eyewitness News has learned Russell died of cancer, confirmed his longtime manager, Joseph Rapp. He was in his early 80s.

Rapp said Russell was born in 1923, although some reports had him born in 1924. The manager said his age was never clear because Russell did not retain a birth certificate.

Russell achieved his first major role as Officer Anderson in "Car 54, Where Are You?"

He appeared on a string of game shows and variety shows, such as the "Dean Martin Roasts," "Laugh-In," "Jackie Gleason Show," among many others.

Russell delighted audiences with short poems, earning him the nickname "the poet laureate of television." He appeared on "The Tonight Show" and many other very popular talk shows of the day.

While he did not appear in many film roles, he will be remembered for his role of the Tin Man in the 1978 "The Wiz." The movie was a box office failure, but since the movie has been considered a cult classic.

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His first and last roles were as Officer Anderson in "Car 54 Where Are You?", on the old 60's TV series, and in 1994 in a movie of the same name. I remember him most from the old Dean Martin show and various Friars Club Celebrity Roasts...

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RIP Nipsey...

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R.I.P. Nipsey

Nipsy was the shit in the wiz. One of my favorite movies as a child.

I remember him growing up..RIP Nipsey:(

RIP Nipsey Russel..

NIPSEY NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

All my favorite TV land stars are dead now :Oh crap

May he rest in peace :(

Loved him in the Wizard of Oz. RIP.

I don't know anything about him. RIP

Without Nipsey, there would have been no Johhny Cochran ("If the glove doesn't fit, you have to acquit" - that is pure Nipsey Russell, my man!).

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R.I.P. Nipsey...

"If the ride is more fly, you must buy."

---Snoop Dogg 2005

hustle hustle with nipsey russell

RIP.

fuck - all the people i wasted thousands of hours watching as a kid are dead.

well, let's see, an obituary that Nipsy would have liked

i just kicked da bucket,
got tired of livin',
now i'm in heaven,
with all dem white wimmin.

so don't cry for Nipsy,
i'm one happy bruther,
at home with da Lord,
now be good to each other.

um........... i tried! :1orglaugh

I used to love seeing him on Match Game.

Once there was a show of which he did host
but rhyming on gameshows is what he did most :upsidedow

one of my Nipsey favorites


You've got to watch them rabbits
they are pretty darn sly...
can't add, subtract or divide
but they sure can multiply!


R I P Nipsey Russell

you Sir, were always a class act.


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