Overview
- Wright’s wife, Susan Wright, announced his death on Instagram and TMZ, citing the family, reported the Aug. 19 date.
- Susan Wright called him a father of five, a grandfather and 'an extraordinary artist' and thanked people for their condolences.
- He rose to public notice in the 1980s TV series V and had notable film roles including Sugar Hill and Eddie King Jr. in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats.
- The family reported heart failure as the immediate cause with complications tied to Marchiafava-Bignami syndrome, a rare degenerative disorder of the nervous system that can cause severe neurological decline.
- Obituaries and tributes published by national outlets focused on his decades-long career and the family’s words that his work will live on while they grieve his loss.