Emmy-winning actor, Robert Guillaume, dies at 89

[BetteDavisEyes]

Robert Guillaume, Emmy-winning 'Soap' and 'Benson' actor, dies at 89
Actor had been battling cancer

By Associated Press

NEW YORK - Robert Guillaume, who won Emmy Awards for his roles on "Soap" and "Benson," has died at age 89.

Guillaume's widow Donna Brown Guillaume says the actor and singer died Tuesday morning in Los Angeles. She tells The Associated Press he had been battling prostate cancer. In addition to his television work, Robert Guillaume (pronounced with a hard "g": gee-yome) was the first African-American to sing the title role of "Phantom of the Opera," appearing with an all-white cast in Los Angeles...

https://www.clickondetroit.com/ente...emmy-winning-soap-and-benson-actor-dies-at-89

 

[Bird of Paradise]

Thanks for posting BDE
He was such a joy to watch and an incredible talent and will always remember his facial expressions.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Robert Guillaume, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Benson,’ Dies at 89
by Daniel Arkin

Robert Guillaume, the gravel-voiced and urbane actor who won Emmys for playing a sarcastic butler-turned-politician on two different sitcoms, died of complications from prostate cancer on Tuesday. He was 89.

"Donna Brown Guillaume is deeply saddened by the passing of her husband," his wife said in a statement from his manager, adding that he died in their Los Angeles home...

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/robert-guillaume-emmy-winning-star-benson-dies-89-n813941