His wife, Susan Wright, shared news of his death with an "unimaginable heaviness in my heart."
The actor Michael Wright has died at the age of 70, his wife confirmed in a post to Instagram. "It is with profound sadness and an unimaginable heaviness in my heart that I share the passing of my beloved husband, Michael Wright," Susan Wright wrote late on Friday. The actor was best known for his portrayal of the troubled singer Eddie King Jr. in Robert Townsend’s 1991 musical drama The Five Heartbeats.
Wright appeared in several movies and TV shows over the course of a nearly five-decade career, including the 1983 film Streamers, for which he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. The cause of death was not made clear in Friday’s post. This is a developing story.
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