Bill Nunn Remembered by Hollywood: ‘He Was a Gem of a Man’
With news of “Do The Right Thing” actor Bill Nunn’s death at age 62 on Saturday, Nunn’s show-business colleagues rushed to pay tribute to the actor on social media.
Private Practice” actress Audra McDonald, who worked with Nunn on the 2008 film “A Raisin in the Sun,” called the actor “a gem of a man.
Bill Nunn, 'Do the Right Thing' and 'Spider-Man' Actor, Dies at 62
“The Wire” actor Wendell Pierce took to Twitter to say that Nunn’s portrayal of Radio Raheem in Spike Lee‘s “Do the Right Thing” foreshadowed the current rash of police shootings plaguing the country.
“Bill Nunn’s depiction of RadioRaheem in DO THE RIGHT THING illuminated the murder of Black men by police before recent real life videos,” Pierce wrote.
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Lee broke news of Nunn’s death on Instagram Saturday, saying that Nunn had died in his hometown of Pittsburgh.
In addition to “Do the Right Thing” and Lee’s “School Daze,” Nunn’s many screen credits included the Sam Raimi “Spider-Man” trilogy and “Sister Act.”
Bill Nunn’s depiction of RadioRaheem in DO THE RIGHT THING illuminated the the murder of Black men by police before recent real life videos