Overview

• People obtained the certificate, which lists cardiopulmonary arrest and prostate cancer as the causes of death, with respiratory failure and aspiration pneumonia noted as contributing factors.
• His remains were cremated, and the certificate records that his ashes were scattered at sea.
• Washington died on July 18 at age 88, a death publicly confirmed the next day by his cousin Derek Olivia in a Facebook post.
• He joined Hogan’s Heroes in 1970 for its sixth and final season as Sergeant Richard Baker, becoming one of the few Black actors with a regular role on a network sitcom at the time.
• After retiring from screen work, he earned a degree at Loyola Marymount University and taught there and at Southwest College on speech, oral interpretation, and Black actors in film.