Actor Ji-Tu Cumbuka passes away


Ji-Tu Cumbuka

Actor Ji-Tu Cumbuka, who seemed on TV array “Roots” and films like “Bound for Glory”, “Brewster’s Millions” and “Harlem Nights”, has died. He was 77.

Cumbuka died on Tuesday in Atlanta after a prolonged illness, his niece, Amber Holifield, announced on Facebook, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Cumbuka portrayed a worker Wrestler on a landmark 1977 ABC miniseries “Roots” and played conflicting Richard Pryor in “Brewster’s Millions” (1985), “Moving” (1988) and, as a impression Toothless Gambler, in “Harlem Nights” (1989).

The 6-foot-5 actor had a repeated purpose as Torque, a male with a detachable hand, on a ephemeral 1979 NBC array “A Man Called Sloane”, starring Robert Conrad, and he also seemed on a tiny shade in Brian’s Song, “The Six Million Dollar Man”, “Ironside”, “Kung Fu”, “Sanford and Son”, “Knight Rider”, “Hunter”, “Knots Landing” and “CSI.”

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