Comedienne, actress and “Windy City Live” contributor Erica Faye Watson has died. She was 48.
The Chicago native’s brother said she died Saturday after she was diagnosed with Covid-19. Her cause of death was not confirmed by a coroner, but Watson was morbidly obese.
Morbid obesity is a risk factor for Covid-19, along with respiratory disorders (such as asthma); heart disease, diabetes, smoking and HIV.
Watson died in Jamaica where she moved during the Covid-19 breakout in the United States in 2020.
She was a contributor on ABC7’s Windy City Live, and appeared in the Oscar nominated film “Precious” and “ChiRaq.”
“Erica was loved and adored by just so many people. She had such a vibrant, vivacious spirit,” her agent, April Williams, told WBBM. “I really hope and am praying that she knew what a gem to Chicago she was and how proud we were of her.”
She also hosted “Night Cap with Erica” as “Miss Poundcakes” on her YouTube channel. She talked about Black Americans who have made their exit from America and moved to Jamaica permanently on her “BLAXIT to Jamaica” episode (see below) and join their private BLAXIT Facebook group.
