He was the son of a noted African-American journalist and grandson of a pioneering football player. In his youth, he served as a Pittsburgh Steelers ball boy who was once took the car of a Pro Football Hall of Famer for a joyride. He was a Morehouse College student, three years ahead of director Spike Lee in school, who ended up appearing in several of the director’s movies. In one of them, he had a death scene that has continued to resonate in the more than quarter century since, and more than ever in recent years.
Bill Nunn acted in nearly 50 movies, including several directed by Lee, and he later appeared as Robbie ...
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