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« on: April 04, 2021, 01:33:10 AM »
Happy Birthday Doug!! Hope You Have A Great Day.


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Veteran actor Paul Benjamin, who is best known for his role in the classic Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing, has passed away, according to a post on Lee’s Instagram page. He was 81.
Benjamin began his career in the 1960s playing bit parts in major and minor films, such as Midnight Cowboy and Escape from Alcatraz. His profile rose incrementally with his performances in the TV versions of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Gideon’s Trumpet in 1979 and 1980, respectively, according to IMDb.com.
Beginning in the 1980s, Benjamin starred alongside legends of the screen and stage, such as Richard Pryor in the heartbreaking military drama Some Kind of Hero in 1982; Barbara Streisand in Nuts in 1987; Clint Eastwood in Pink Cadillac in 1989; Robert Townsend in The Five Heartbeats in 1991; Bill Duke in Hoodlum in 1997; and John Singleton in the searing thriller Rosewood in 1997.