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Floyd Roger Myers Jr., Former ‘Fresh Prince’ Child Actor, Dies at 42

The cause and circumstances were reported by his mother to TMZ rather than confirmed by an official medical report.

Overview

  • His mother, Renee Trice, told TMZ he suffered a fatal heart attack at his Maryland home early Wednesday.
  • Trice said he had experienced three heart attacks over the past three years.
  • Myers disclosed in 2023 that he had recently been in a coma and shared a hospital photo on social media.
  • He was credited as Young Will on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1992, played Marlon Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream, and appeared on Young Americans in 2000.
  • After acting, he co‑founded the Fellaship Men’s Group and ran the Dr. Duct cleaning business, and Fellaship posted an Instagram tribute noting its mission would continue in his honor.