Ron Cephas Jones, a veteran actor who won two Emmy Awards for his role as a long-lost father who finds redemption on NBC’s television drama series ‘This Is Us,’ has died at 66, a representative announced. Saturday.
Jones’ manager, Dan Spilo, said in an emailed statement that the actor died “due to a long-standing pulmonary problem.”
“Throughout his career, anyone lucky enough to know him felt his warmth, beauty, generosity, kindness and heart,” Spilo said.
Jones underwent a double lung transplant in 2020 due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and spent nearly two months in a Los Angeles hospital.
In ‘This Is Us,’ Jones played William ‘Shakespeare’ Hill, a biological father whose life is renewed through his relationship with the family of his son Randall Pearson, played by Sterling K. Brown.
Jones won Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and 2020 and was nominated for two more.
2023-08-21 00:18:54
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