Farewell to the bright star. Lance Reddick’s Hollywood colleagues sang his praises as an actor and human being afterwards Cord alum died at 60 on Friday, March 17.
“Acclaimed actor Lance Reddick passed away suddenly this morning of natural causes,” the actor’s rep said in a statement to Us Weekly on Friday. “She was abandoned by her husband Stephanie Reddick and children Yvonne Nicole Reddick and Christopher Reddick. Donations in her memory may be made to momcares.org in Baltimore, her hometown. Lance will be greatly missed. Please respect the family’s privacy at this time.
Among the first to pay taxes for the Maryland native there Wendell Piercewho starred alongside Lance in the HBO crime drama Cord.
“A man of strength and grace,” Pierce, 59, wrote via Twitter on Friday. “As talented a musician as he is an actor. The epitome of class. An unexpected and unexpected grief for an artistic family. An unimaginable suffering for a personal family and loved ones. Godspeed my friend. You made your mark here. RIP.”
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunawan “Lance Reddick was a wonderful man and a very talented actor. This is heartbreaking. My love to all his family, friends and collaborators.
Lance was in the middle of a press tour for John Wick: Chapter 4 at the time of his death, with a look on The Kelly Clarkson Show scheduled for next week. His last social media post was a carousel of Instagram photos of him and his dogs promoting “a full line of @johnwickmovie dog swag.”
At rim alum, who married Stephanie in 2011, will appear posthumously in ballerina, Percy Jackson and the Olympians and White People Can’t Jump.
Ben Stiller was among Lance’s friends who praised his talent after his death.
“Lance Reddick is a beautiful and fun actor. And a beautiful person. He worked with my mother, Anne Meara, in her play Afterplay, playing Raziel — servant slash angel of death. He’s really nice and everything he does,” she said Zoolander star, 57, wrote via Twitter, adding, “nothing is missing” besides the heart emoji.
Stephen KingMeanwhile, noted that the news of Lance’s death at the “very unfair age of 60” came when he was “halfway through watching it again. Cord.”
The novelist, 75, continued: “Great actors; great people. This is sad news.”
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