'Different World' Star Dead at 77
He was not on the list.
"A
Different World" Star Lou Myers -- famous for playing Mr. Vernon Gaines on
the 80s show -- has died, TMZ has learned.
The
President of Lou's non-profit tells TMZ, Lou passed away last night in West
Virginia at the Charleston Medical Center following a heart-related emergency.
Lou was
hospitalized in December for pneumonia but released after New Year's. He
collapsed at home a few weeks later and was hospitalized again.
Lou's heart
stopped yesterday. Doctors were able to revive him, but he fell into a coma and
passed just hours later. He was 77.
And yes, his
Wikipedia and IMDb pages are incorrect. We're told he lied about his age.
According to official records, Lou's birthday was September 26, 1935. As one
source put it, "You know how actors are."
An autopsy
has been scheduled to determine the official cause of death.
We're told
Lou -- who served in the Army -- will receive a military burial in West
Virginia. He is survived by his son and his 95-year-old mother.
Filmography
Year Film Role Other
notes
1991 Missing
Pieces Attendant
1994 Cobb Willie
1995 The Piano
Lesson Wining Boy TV Movie
1995 The Passion
of Darkly Noon Quincy
1996 Tin Cup Clint
1997 Volcano Pastor Lake
1998 Mama Flora's
Family Albie TV Mini-Series
Goodbye Lover Police
Captain
Bulworth Uncle
Tyrone
How Stella Got Her Groove Back Uncle Ollie
1999 The Big
Confession Tommy
The Stand-In Half-Step
Wilson
2001 The Wedding
Planner Burt Weinberg
All About You Toomie
2003 The Fighting
Temptations Homer T.
Nobody Knows Anything! Blue
Smoke Jones
2004 Team Player Coach Lou
2007 Kings of the
Evening Counter Man
2010 It's Kind of
a Funny Story Jimmy
2013 Dreams Mr. Harlan (final film role)
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