John Witherspoon, of 'Friday' and 'House Party' fame, has died at age 77
, “So…my Dad died today & honestly I’m not sure how to feel. I’m sad, but I’m also happy 4 all the great times we had together. We’d roast each other like homies more than Father & Son, and I really liked that. He was my best friend & my idol. Love U Dad…I’ll miss u.”
The characters Witherspoon played were often big and brash in the most delightful ways, qualities best embodied by the two famous patriarchs he portrayed:movies, and John “Pops” Williams, dad to Shawn and Marlon Wayans’ characters on their WB sitcom,On Instagram, Marlon Wayans wrote of Witherspoon, “[E]xtremely grateful to God that I got to spend 5 years of my life working with one of the funniest sweetest wisest humblest loving man @johnnywitherspoon you were my tv dad and my mentor and my...
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