The Hollywood veteran passed away on Monday in Burgaw, North Carolina his cousin Carol Brown confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter .
Samm-Art Williams - who was a Tony-nominated playwright and executive producer of Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air - has passed away aged 78.
She said in a statement: 'Mr. Williams’ contributions to American theater and television will live on, but he will be greatly missed.'Samm-Art Williams - who was a Tony-nominated playwright and executive producer of Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air - has passed away aged 78; he is pictured in Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole back in 1983
Williams' career highlight came in 1980 when he was nominated for both the Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for his comedy Home. The production was a coming of age tale of a young Black man from rural North Carolina whose life spins out of control when his childhood sweetheart reject him before he moves to the big city, is arrested for draft dodging, and builds a new life just to lose it all again and end back home.
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