Jefferson, who was a staple in Quentin Tarantino films, opened up in August about battling cancer.
Keith Jefferson, an actor who appeared in a handful of Quentin Tarantino films like “Django Unchained”, “The Hateful Eight” and “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”, has died. He was 53.
The official cause of death is not known, but Jefferson shared back in August he was battling cancer. Jamie Foxx took to Instagram on Thursday to pay tribute to his longtime friend and co-star. Foxx first shared a photo of himself with Jefferson in what appeared to be a recent visit to the hospital.
“[T]his one hurts. Keith, you’ve been nothing but absolute grace, your whole life your heart is pure your love is immeasurable you were an amazing soul,” Foxx captioned his post. “We will all miss you dearly. It’s gonna take a long time for this to heal. Goodbye, my friend.
Keith Jefferson, an actor who appeared in a handful of Quentin Tarantino films like “Django Unchained”, “The Hateful Eight” and “Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood”, has died. He was 53.
The official cause of death is not known, but Jefferson shared back in August he was battling cancer. Jamie Foxx took to Instagram on Thursday to pay tribute to his longtime friend and co-star. Foxx first shared a photo of himself with Jefferson in what appeared to be a recent visit to the hospital.
“[T]his one hurts. Keith, you’ve been nothing but absolute grace, your whole life your heart is pure your love is immeasurable you were an amazing soul,” Foxx captioned his post. “We will all miss you dearly. It’s gonna take a long time for this to heal. Goodbye, my friend.
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- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
A few years ago I was running a callback session. The director liked one particular actor very much—except for his hairstyle. Once the actor left the room, the director wondered aloud if he could get him to either cut it or restyle it for the shoot. Then someone on the creative team chimed in: "I think he's wearing a rug. I'm not sure we can change it very much." This precipitated a spirited, 20-minute, laughter-laced colloquy among the auditors as they compared the actor's callback tape with his picture to determine if he was indeed wearing a hairpiece. Not everyone was convinced he was, and no one wanted to ask him directly. After scrutinizing his audition again and again, they were finally convinced he was wearing a wig. Restyling, they decided, was out of the question (they needed a slicked-back 1940s look). They moved on to another actor."People...
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