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'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' star Andre Braugher's cause of death revealed
Updated On: 15 December, 2023 03:01 PM IST | Los Angeles | mid-day online correspondent
Andre Braugher representatives told People that the `Brooklyn Nine-Nine` star died due to lung cancer
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Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on the series `Homicide: Life on the Street` and `Brooklyn 99`, died Monday at age 61. But he was mostly loved for the role of the strict Captain Raymond Holt on the police procedural comedy show `Brooklyn Nine-Nine`. The show starred Andy Samberg in a pivotal role as `Detective Jake Peralta. His character`s stoic personality and deep sense of right and wrong made him an instant favourite of the show. The actor`s demise saddened his fans and well-wishers throughout the world, leading them to curiously know the cause of his death.
Andre`s rep told People that the `Brooklyn Nine-Nine` star died due to lung cancer. It is unclear when Andre Braugher was diagnosed with the illness. The Chicago-born actor had his breakthrough role in 1989`s `Glory`, starring alongside Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington, who won an Oscar for the film about an all-Black army regiment during the Civil War. Despite the part, he told The Associated Press in 2019 that he struggled to find work in Hollywood, where roles for African-American actors were "few and far between. Period."
But he would establish himself with the role of Det. Frank Pembleton, which he would play for seven seasons in `Homicide: Life on the Street,` a gritty police drama on NBC based on a book by David Simon, who would go on to create `The Wire. Years later, he would play a very different kind of cop on a very different kind of show, shifting to comedy as Capt. Ray Holt on the Andy Samberg-starring Fox series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. It would run for eight seasons, from 2013 to 2021.
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