Afrigather The character actor additionally appeared in movies like ‘Rudy’ and ‘The Apostle’
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John Beasley, an actor greatest identified for his roles on the TV exhibits ‘Everwood’ and ‘The Soul Man,’ died Tuesday on the age of 79.
Beasley’s son Mike shared the information of his father’s dying on Facebook.
“Man…you realize this is part of life…however that doesn’t make it any simpler,” Mike W. Beasley wrote above a photograph of him and his father. “I misplaced my greatest pal at present. They are saying you shouldn’t ever meet your heroes as a result of they don’t turn into who you thought they have been. That’s so unsuitable. My hero was my father. Thanks for all the pieces. I hope I made you proud. Love you extra.”
The character actor died in a hospital in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, the place he’d been present process assessments on his liver earlier than his situation unexpectedly worsened, Beasley’s son Tyrone informed The Hollywood Reporter.
Born June 26, 1943, Beasley didn’t land his first performing gig till 1989, when he performed a henchman within the movie ‘Fast Hearth.’ Beasley’s profession spanned greater than three many years, throughout which he starred in notable exhibits like ‘Brewster Place,’ ‘CSI,’ ‘Judging Amy,’ ‘Treme,’ ‘Boston Authorized’ and, most not too long ago, ‘Your Honor.’ His most notable roles have been that of Irv Driver, the bus driver on the WB drama ‘Everwood,’ and Barton Bellentine, father of Cedric the Entertainer’s character on the TV Land comedy sequence ‘The Soul Man.’
Beasley additionally appeared in movies like ‘The Apostle,’ ‘The Mighty Geese,’ ‘Rudy,’ ‘Little Large League,’ ‘The Normal’s Daughter,’ ‘Firestarter’ and ‘V.I. Warshawski.’
