0
()
submitted a long while ago by @ to c/@
all 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] thessnake03@lemmy.world 119 points 6 months ago

Such a great actor. He'll be missed.

Sincerely, Captain Raymond Holt

[-] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 41 points 6 months ago

Pull yourself together, let's not get all emotional.

[-] smigao@lemm.ee 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Man that dude nailed delivering every single line.

[-] MamboGator@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago

Well, shit.

He was one of my favourite TV "dad" figures in Brooklyn 99.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

Captain dad

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 10 points 6 months ago

Find 'Homicide : Life On The Street.' He payed a Jesuit educated detective.

I

[-] canthidium@lemmy.world 77 points 6 months ago

So sad. I know he's mostly known nowadays for Brooklyn 99, but I first remember him from Primal Fear.

[-] ikapoz@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago
[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

Watched it again within the last few years, and about a quarter of the way through I'm like WAIT THATS CPT HOLT. Never made the connection before because he's so much younger in that movie, and wasn't a name like Denzel or Broderick

[-] Blademax@lemmy.one 12 points 6 months ago

I first remembered him from Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, the bad general guy. Loved him in B99 as Captain dad ... Holt. RIP

[-] Kalothar@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

Strangely, I remember him from Men of a Certain Age the most.

This might add new context to that show now.

Either way, very sad indeed

[-] shrodes@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Such an underrated show. I wish it got more praise that was definitely deserved

[-] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 74 points 6 months ago

61 is too damn young to go.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 54 points 6 months ago

This is terrible news... I am in incredible pain

[-] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 13 points 6 months ago

I’m devastated.

[-] stick2urgunz88@lemmy.world 53 points 6 months ago

Nine-nine 🫡

[-] pulverizedcoccyx@lemmy.ca 46 points 6 months ago

Shit! I'm halfway through watching Brooklyn Nine Nine for the first time. He's really fun to watch and absolutely nails the role. Rest in peace you badass mofo.

load more comments (4 replies)
[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 41 points 6 months ago

Ah shit, that sucks. He was my favourite character on B99 :'(

[-] chairman@feddit.nl 25 points 6 months ago

Bone!!!! :-(

[-] RoseRose56@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago

RIP I saw him on Brooklyn Nine-Nine series and I loved him, he was young men, only 61 so sad!

[-] Pinecone@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago

B99 would not be anywhere near as good of a show without him. He was brilliant in his role.

[-] Prewash_Required@sh.itjust.works 24 points 6 months ago

Like they said in the article, Homicide Life on the Street is where I remember him from. Lots of good actors and performances in that show, but he was a standout. RIP.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 22 points 6 months ago

So sad… so unbelievably saddened by this.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

Everything about Homicide: Life on the Street was stellar. Then the producers went on to The Wire.

[-] yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.com 9 points 6 months ago

not to mention starting detective john munch's career

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 12 points 6 months ago

Wait so they just yoinked a character from a completely different show and shoved him into L&O?

I had to look this up and apparently the character Munch is in:

  • Law & Order
  • The X-Files
  • The Beat
  • A Very Brady Sequel
  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury
  • Arrested Development
  • The Wire
  • 30 Rock
  • Sesame Street
  • Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
[-] remotedev@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago
[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 10 points 6 months ago

Munch is Munch.

[-] yum_burnt_toast@reddthat.com 7 points 6 months ago

yea munch was featured in some crossover between homicide and the original law & order, so when homicide got canceled in 99 they offered richard belzer a spot as munch on svu since it was in the works at the time and he was already in universe

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] chepox@sopuli.xyz 20 points 6 months ago

Damn. Any source on cause of death?

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 28 points 6 months ago

Article says "a brief illness", which narrows it down.

[-] nslatz@lemmy.world 44 points 6 months ago

There is a journalistic shorthand at work here, "brief illness" usually means something discovered too late to treat, RIP Sir.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 23 points 6 months ago

Yeah, my first thought was cancer, though there are plenty of other possibilities.

[-] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

I'd say cancer is most likely, especially given his relatively young age. Acute issues (like a stroke or appendicitis) wouldn't really get called an "illness" at all, and most of the other terminal diseases you expect to see first diagnosed in people in the 60's (like early onset Alzheimer's, Parkinsons, ALS, etc.) don't typically have much of a mortality rate until people reach their 70's. Plus, cancer seems the most likely to fly under the radar until relatively late, given how many cases have few or no symptoms until after the tumor gets metastasized or inoperable.

Exceptions exist of course, but cancer seems to make the most sense to me.

[-] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

If I had to lay odds, I'd say colon cancer. That sneaks up on a lot of men as they age and is notoriously hard to fight once it spreads. Once it does your 5 year survival rate is 13%. If you catch it while localized or regional, your odds of survival aren't bad.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] SirStumps@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago
[-] Shiznot@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Shout outs to the stubborn Brent from The Mist. A small part, but that's where I saw Braugher first

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 10 points 6 months ago

This is so sad. Mortality sucks.

[-] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Another -1 for mortality, why combine consciousness with it? Friggin' cruel is what it is.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] offendicula@fedia.io 9 points 6 months ago

rest in peace 😞

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 9 points 6 months ago

Why Is No One Having A ~~Good~~ Sad Time? I Specifically Requested It.

[-] kadotux@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

Nooo Captain dad I mean Holt :(((

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

That sucks. He was great in everything he did.

[-] DepressedCoconut@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Never seen anything with him in it, still sad to gg at only 61.

load more comments (2 replies)
[-] bmsok@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Holy shit. First we lose Matthew Perry and now this.

[-] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 4 points 6 months ago

2023 going out with a couple of gut punches.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Umbrella8335@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Another one! this has been a bad year for my favourite actors

[-] theodewere@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

he's hilarious as the straight man to Michael Jai White in Thick as Thieves

this post was submitted on 01 Jan 0001
0 points (NaN% liked)

0 readers
0 users here now

founded a long while ago