Invoice Cobbs, an actor with over 50 years of expertise in Hollywood, is lifeless … TMZ has confirmed.
Invoice died Tuesday evening at his house in Riverside, CA … in accordance with his publicist, Chuck I. Jones.
With an performing profession spanning all the way in which again to the Nineteen Seventies, Invoice has almost 200 film and TV present credit to his identify.
Some highlights … he performed Devaney, certainly one of Whitney Houston’s staffers, in “The Bodyguard,” Louisiana Slim in 1979’s “The Hitter,” was Walter in 1984’s “The Brother from One other Planet,” and had a task as Reginald in 2006’s “Night time on the Museum.”
Invoice was additionally in 2013’s “Oz the Nice and Highly effective” as Grasp Tinker and performed Arthur Chaney in 1997’s “Air Bud.”
He made his characteristic movie debut in 1974 with an element in “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.”
His TV credit embody a recurring position as Lewis Coleman on “I will Fly Away” within the early Nineties … plus visitor appearances on “Walker, Texas Ranger” and “The Sopranos” … simply to call a number of.
Invoice even received a Daytime Emmy Award … taking house the {hardware} for Excellent Restricted Efficiency in a Daytime Program for his work on the youngsters present “Dino Dana.”
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Invoice served within the Air Drive for 8 years and labored at IBM and as a automobile salesman earlier than relocating to New York to search out work as an actor.
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Invoice additionally acted in theater productions and performed the drums.
He was 90 and had simply reached that milestone birthday on June sixteenth, and his brother Thomas Cobbs posted says the entire household was in a position to have a good time with him … calling Invoice a “beloved companion, massive brother, uncle, surrogate mum or dad, godfather and buddy.”
Thomas tells us Invoice was lately battling pneumonia, which is the suspected explanation for loss of life.
He added, “As a household we’re comforted realizing Invoice has discovered peace and everlasting relaxation together with his Heavenly Father. We ask on your prayers and encouragement throughout this time.”
RIP