Actor Paul Winfield Dies From Heart Attack

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One of Hollywood's most versatile performers, Win-field excelled on stage, television and movies. He costarred in the hit film "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" and played boxing promoter Don King in a 1995 HBO movie, a college chancellor who sang Negro spirituals to get whites to donate money in "Roots: The Next Generation" and took on the works of Shakespeare, Checkhov and Ibsen on stage. He also performed opposite Denzel Washington in the play "Checkmates."

In 1978, People Magazine named [Paul Winfield] "the most ubiquitous Black TV/movie actor of the decade." Besides "Sounder," he performed opposite Cicely Tyson in "A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich."

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Actor Paul Winfield Dies From Heart Attack

Paul Winfield, the diverse actor who rose to international prominence as the Academy Award-nominated sharecr...

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