Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series “The Mod Squad” and Prince’s father in “Purple Rain,” has died. From the Mod Squad, to Purple Rain and Sugar Hill, he always performed with dynamic energy. “I had grown up watching him as Linc in ‘The Mod Squad’ and thought he was the epitome of cool. A trailblazing show for attempting to portray the hippie generation of the time, “The Mod Squad” was a star-maker for all three. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...Williams never fretted over his longtime association with “The Mod Squad,“ though.

Source: thestar June 06, 2021 22:13 UTC