A lot of Ron Cephas Jones’ former This Is Us costars are honoring his legacy following his loss of life.
“Life imitated artwork at the moment, and one of the vital great folks the world has ever seen is not with us,” Sterling Ok. Brown wrote through his Instagram on Saturday, August 19. “@cephasjaz has handed away, and the world is rather less brilliant.”
Brown, 47, performed the organic son of Jones’ William Hill on NBC’s This Is Us. Within the 2016 pilot, Brown’s Randall Pearson employed a non-public investigator to find his start father. After their reunion, William moved in with Randall, his spouse Beth Pearson (Susan Kelechi Watson) and their daughters (Eris Baker and Faithe Herman) whereas navigating well being challenges. Jones’ character died later in season 1 however continued to look on the present in flashbacks and dream sequences.
Us Weekly confirmed on Saturday that Jones, who gained two Emmy Awards for his function on This Is Us, had died on the age of 66.
“Beloved and award-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones has handed away on the age of 66 as a result of a long-standing pulmonary problem,” his consultant instructed Us in an announcement. “All through the course of his profession, his heat, magnificence, generosity, kindness and coronary heart have been felt by anybody who had the great fortune of understanding him.”
The Tony Award nominee is survived by his daughter, actress Jasmine Cephas Jones, whom he shared with Kim Lesley.
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