Andre Braugher Cause of Death Revealed

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Andre Braugher’s cause of death has been revealed to be lung cancer, his rep has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

Braugher died Monday at 61 after what his rep then said was a “brief illness.”

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He starred as master interrogator Det. Frank Pembleton on NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street for the first six seasons of the show’s acclaimed run, then played another cop, Capt. Raymond Holt — this time against type and for laughs — on the 2013-21 Fox-NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

He won his first Emmy in 1998 for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for Homicide after a season that featured one of its most memorable episodes, “Subway.” That was a two-hander in which Pembleton tries to unearth whether a man (Vincent D’Onofrio) pinned between a Baltimore subway train and the platform was pushed onto the track — while also trying to comfort him in his dying moments.

He won his second Emmy for the 2006 FX miniseries Thief.

Braugher had been cast as the male lead on Netflix’s Shonda Rhimes murder-mystery series and had already completed filming many of his scenes. It’s unclear what the series, from showrunner Paul William Davies (Scandal), will do after his death.

In the wake of his death, tributes from former co-stars and industry creatives poured in for Braugher, many praising his signature roles and success as a talented Black character actor. The heartfelt words posted to social media platforms including messages from Terry Crews, David Simon, Chelsea Peretti, Joel McKinnon Miller, Dirk Blocker, Reed Diamond, Mike Royce and Josh Lucas.

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