Comedian Charlie Murphy dies following leukemia battle
He was not on the list.
Comedian Charlie Murphy died Wednesday after a battle with leukemia, according to his publicist Domenick Nati.
Murphy was 57.
A long time comic, Murphy rose to fame for his work on Dave Chapelle's popular "Chapelle's Show," where he was a co-star and writer.
His recurring skit "Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories," which recalled celebrity encounters he and his younger brother Eddie Murphy had with Rick James, Prince and others, became cult hits.
A New York City native, Murphy toured with comedians George Lopez and D.L. Hughley. Fellow comedian Chris Rock, took to Twitter when news broke of his passing: "We just lost one of the funniest most real brothers of all time. Charlie Murphy RIP."
Murphy also appeared in several movies, including "Jungle Fever," "Lottery Ticket" and "CB4."
One day before his death, Murphy tweeted: "One to Sleep On: Release the past to rest as deeply as possible."
Murphy's wife, Tisha Taylor Murphy, died from cervical cancer in 2009. He is survived by his brother and three children.
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1989 Harlem Nights
Jimmy The Muffin Man
1990 Mo' Better
Blues Eggy
1991 Jungle Fever Livin' Large
1993 CB4 Gusto
1995 Vampire in
Brooklyn Writer
1996 The Pompatus
of Love Saxophone Man
1998 The Players
Club Brooklyn
1999 Unconditional
Love Detective
2002 Paper
Soldiers Johnson Also writer
2003 Death of a
Dynasty Dick James/Dukey Man/Sock
Head
2005 Lovesick Damian
2005 King's Ransom
Herb Clarke
2005 Roll Bounce Victor
2006 Night at the
Museum Taxi Driver Cameo
2007 Three Days to
Vegas Andre
2007 Mattie Fresno
and the Holoflux Universe Griss
2007 Norbit Lloyd the Dog Voice
cameo / also writer
2007 Unearthed Hank
2007 Twisted
Fortune Angel Robbins
2007 Universal
Remote Various
2007 The Perfect
Holiday J-Jizzy
2008 Bar Starz Clay the Doorman/Arnie
2008 The Hustle Junior Walker
2009 Frankenhood Franklin
2010 Our Family
Wedding T.J.
2010 Lottery
Ticket Semaj
2012 Moving Day Cedric
2016 Meet the
Blacks Key Flo Last role
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 The Kid Who
Loved Christmas TV movie
1995 Martin Big Bro 1
episode
1995 Murder was
the Case: The Movie JC Direct-to-video
2003–2006 Chappelle's
Show Various 14 episodes, also writer
2004 One on One Senator Larry Eldrige
2005 Denis Leary's
Merry F#%$in' Christmas Himself TV Special
2005–2010 The
Boondocks Ed Wuncler III (voice) 10 episodes
2006 Thugaboo:
Sneaker Madness Big Kid (voice) TV movie
2006 Thugaboo: A
Miracle on D-Roc's Street Big Kid
(voice) TV movie
2006 Wild 'n Out Himself
2007 Beef IV Himself/Narrator (voice) Video documentary
2007 We Got to Do
Better Host Unknown episodes
2007 Pauly Shore's
Natural Born Komics Himself Direct-to-video
2009 Nite Tales:
The Series Samson
2010 Freaknik: The
Musical Al Sharpton, Perminator
(voice) TV movie
2010 Charlie
Murphy: I Will Not Apologize Himself
Video documentary
2010 Lopez Tonight
Himself
2010–2012 Are
We There Yet? Frank Kingston 5 episodes
2010 1000 Ways to
Die Himself
2011 The Cookout 2
Coach Ashmokeem TV film
2012–2014 Black
Dynamite A Cat Named Rollo (voice) 2 episodes
2013 Hawaii Five-0
Don McKinney
2014–2015 Black
Jesus Vic Main cast 21 episodes
2016 Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles Bellybomb Episode: "Journey to the Center
of Mikey's Mind"
2017 Power Marshal Clyde Williams 5 episodes
2017 The Comedy
Get Down Himself Posthumous release
5 episodes
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