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Emmy-winning and beloved stage and movie actor Ron Cephas Jones, has handed away. He was simply 66.

On Saturday (Aug. 20) Jones’ supervisor, Dan Spilo, issued an announcement asserting the famend Black actor’s dying resulting from A  “long-standing pulmonary problem.” In 2021, the New York Instances reported that he had a double lung transplant resulting from a battle with persistent obstructive pulmonary illness.”

“All through the course of his profession, his heat, magnificence, generosity, kindness and coronary heart have been felt by anybody who had the nice fortune of realizing him,” reads the assertion. “He started his profession on the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and his love for the stage was current all through his whole profession, together with his current Tony-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning efficiency for his position in Clyde’s on Broadway. Ron’s inner-beauty and soul was evident to the massive viewers from his multi-Emmy award successful efficiency on That is Us.”

An completed actor, Jones’ most up-to-date acclaim got here through his position as William “Shakespeare” Hill on This Is Us, for which he gained a pair of Emmy Awards for Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Sequence. Alongside together with his daughter, Jasmine Cephas Jones, they made historical past as the primary father-son duo to each win Emmys in the identical 12 months in 2020. You should definitely verify him out Marvel’s Luke Cage (and Paid In Full), too.

“Life imitated artwork in the present day, and probably the most great folks the world has ever seen is now not with us,” mentioned actor Sterling Ok. Brown on an Instagram put up honoring his co-star. “@cephasjaz has handed away, and the world is rather less shiny. Brother, you’re cherished. And you may be missed. Maintain them laughing within the subsequent part of existence, and I’ll see you once I get there.”

Relaxation in energy Cephas Jones. See a few of the tributes to his passing within the gallery from fellow thespians like Wendell Pierce, Michael Colter and extra within the gallery.