Post by Angel Beast on Jul 8, 2017 18:36:07 GMT -5
m.tmz.com/#article/2017/07/08/true-blood-star-nelsan-ellis-dies/
Nelsan Ellis -- known for his role as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's "True Blood" -- has died after complications from heart failure.
Ellis also appeared in "The Help," and starred in the TV show, "Elementary." He also appeared in the moves, "Get On Up" and "The Stanford Prison Experiment" ... and played Martin Luther King, Jr. in "Lee Daniels' The Butler."
HBO issued a statement saying Ellis will be dearly missed.
So far no word on the underlying problem that triggered the heart failure.
He leaves behind a son.
Ellis was 39.
RIP
I'm saddened by this as Lafayette was my favorite character in True Blood. Strangely enough about a week ago he had liked a post I made on Instagram about my Sideshow Collectibles Drax The Destroyer figure that finally came in the mail. Wouldn't have guessed a week after that I'd be sharing a TMZ article about his passing.
Nelsan Ellis -- known for his role as Lafayette Reynolds on HBO's "True Blood" -- has died after complications from heart failure.
Ellis also appeared in "The Help," and starred in the TV show, "Elementary." He also appeared in the moves, "Get On Up" and "The Stanford Prison Experiment" ... and played Martin Luther King, Jr. in "Lee Daniels' The Butler."
HBO issued a statement saying Ellis will be dearly missed.
So far no word on the underlying problem that triggered the heart failure.
He leaves behind a son.
Ellis was 39.
RIP
I'm saddened by this as Lafayette was my favorite character in True Blood. Strangely enough about a week ago he had liked a post I made on Instagram about my Sideshow Collectibles Drax The Destroyer figure that finally came in the mail. Wouldn't have guessed a week after that I'd be sharing a TMZ article about his passing.
