“The Five Heartbeats” star Michael Wright has died. He was 70.
The actor died Wednesday in Los Angeles after suffering heart failure and complications from Marchiafava-Bignami, a rare degenerative neurological disease, his family told TMZ.
Wright was best known for playing talented but troubled singer Eddie King Jr. in the 1991 musical drama “The Five Heartbeats.”
The New York City native began his decades-long acting career in the late 1970s, landing a breakout role as Clinton in the 1979 film “The Wanderers.”
He went on to appear in Robert Altman’s 1983 film “Streamers” before starring as Victor Duncan opposite Jim Belushi and Louis Gossett…
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