Lou Myers, who played cantankerous-but-lovable character “Mr. Gaines” on ‘A Different World’, has passed away from complications due to pneumonia, PEOPLE magazine reports. He was 77.
From PEOPLE:
Myers was born in Chesapeake, W.V., the son of a Cabin Creek coal miner, according to the Charleston Gazette. After attending West Virginia State University, he got his first acting break as an understudy in the Broadway play The First Breeze of Summer.
He went on to appear in more than a dozen films, including How Stella Got Her Groove Back and The Wedding Planner.
On television, he had roles on ER, JAG and NYPD Blue, but is best remembered for playing Vernon Gaines on A Different World, which was a spin-off from The Cosby Show.
He is survived by his mother, Dorothy Jeffries, 95, a son, Melvin Myers, and two grandsons, Brayden and Christian, the Gazette said.
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