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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsR.I.P. Robert Guillaume
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/robert-guillaume-dead-dies-benson-1202598171/#article-commentsEmmy Award-winning actor Robert Guillaume, best known as the title character in the TV sitcom Benson, died Tuesday. He was 89.
His wife Donna Brown Guillaume told the Associated Press he died at their Los Angeles home of complications of prostate cancer.
Guillaume often played acerbic, dry-witted, but ultimately lovable characters like the butler Benson Du Bois, which he created on the 1977 series Soap, before his character was spun off in 1979. Guillaume won Emmys both for Soap (as supporting actor) and Benson (as lead actor).
He was also known as the the voice of Rafiki in The Lion King, for which he also won a Grammy for a spoken word recording...
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R.I.P. Robert Guillaume (Original Post)
blogslut
Oct 2017
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Floyd R. Turbo
(26,549 posts)1. Saw him in Phantom of the Opera in the nineties!
murielm99
(30,745 posts)4. I hope people are remembering him for that,
as well as his comic roles on TV. He was very talented.
RIP
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)2. Such a talent...
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irisblue
(32,980 posts)5. I did not he sang so well.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)3. Rest in peace
eggplant
(3,911 posts)6. He was wonderful on SportsNight.
It was great how they wrote in his actual stroke for his character.
He was one of the great ones.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)7. He had the dry wit delivery down.
Enjoyed him in every role I saw. A loss.