Clarence Gilyard, the star who played the wisecracking computer system hacker in the movie, “Die Hard,” has actually passed away.
Gilyard died after a long fight with an undefined health problem, according tomedia reports His death was revealed Monday by the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, where he had actually worked because 2006 as a Fine Arts teacher.
His 30-year profession in Hollywood landed him significant functions in popular television series, from the ’90s and ’80s … especially, “Matlock,” and “Walker, Texas Ranger.” He dealt with stars like Andy Griffith andChuck Norris He likewise scored his very first cinema function as Sundown in “Top Gun.”
Gilyard’s breakout function was playing Theo in the OG “Die Hard.” Theo was the sardonic tech wizard who took control of a Los Angeles high-rise building with terrorists and hacked into a vault, trying to take $640 million in bearer bonds. In one scene, the terrorists bomb an LAPD lorry and Theo notoriously babbles, “Oh my god, the quarterback is toast!”
UNLV Dean Nancy J. Uscher remembered Gilyard in this manner … “It is with profound sadness that I share this news. His students were deeply inspired by him, as were all who knew him. He had many extraordinary talents and was extremely well-known in the university through his dedication to teaching and his professional accomplishments.”
Uscher went on … “His generosity of spirit was boundless – he was always ready to contribute to projects and performances however possible.”
Gilyard was 66.
RIP