Earle Hyman, a veteran actor of stage and screen who was widely known for playing Russell Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died. Jordan Strohl, a representative for The Actors Fund, says that Hyman died Friday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. A North Carolina native, Hyman made his Broadway debut as a teenager in 1943. In 1980 Hyman received a Tony nomination for The Lady From Dubuque. Hyman is best known, however, for The Cosby Show where he played the father to Bill Cosby's Cliff Huxtable, even though he was only 11 years his senior.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2017 22:18 UTC