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Bill Cobbs dead at 90: Veteran character actor who appeared in Night At The Museum and The Sopranos passes away in California


He won a Daytime Emmy Award at the age of 86 for the Canadian television series Dino Dana, playing the title character's elderly neighbor. Cobbs worked to the end, with multiple releases still to come.

He won a Daytime Emmy Award at the age of 86 for the Canadian television series Dino Dana, playing the title character's elderly neighbor. 'A beloved partner, big brother, uncle, surrogate parent, godfather and friend, Bill recently and happily celebrated his 90th birthday surrounded by cherished loved ones,' the death announcement continued. He started as an actor at his hometown's Karamu House, a historic black theater that played host to the premieres of multiple works by Langston Hughes.

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