Who was Ron Cephas Jones? Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Cause of Death

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The Emmy-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones, who was best known for playing William Hill on This Is Us, has passed away. He was 66. Jones' passing was confirmed to PEOPLE on Saturday by an agent for the actor, who said: "Beloved and award-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones has passed away at the age of 66 due to a long-standing pulmonary issue."Anyone who had the good pleasure to know him during his career could feel his warmth, beauty, generosity, kindness, and heart, according to the statement.

Ron's inner-beauty and soul were evident to the large audience from his multi-Emmy award winning performance on This is Us. Ron started his career at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and his love for the stage was present throughout his entire career, including his most recent Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award winning performance for his role in Clyde's on Broadway. His daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones is his sole heir, the statement said.

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Ron Cephas Jones was 66 years old.

Ron Cephas Jones Cause of Death

Jones is most known for playing William Hill, Randall Pearson's biological father, on the hit television series This Is Us, for which he won a guest actor Emmy in 2018 and another in 2020. Sterling K. Brown plays Randall Pearson. He and his daughter Jasmine, 34, became the first father-daughter winners in the same year when Jasmine won her first Emmy. The Law & Order

Organized Crime actor, who was a patient at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for over two months, confessed to The New York Times in 2021 that he had discreetly fought chronic obstructive pulmonary illness. He claimed in a June 2022 interview with Today that his Tony-nominated Broadway performance in Clyde's served as inspiration for his quick recovery.

"I wouldn't say it was a miracle, but I was extremely lucky. My doctors were excellent. It was still a long and painful healing process. For the rest of my life, I will be in recovery, Jones informed the source. "You don't start running track after getting new lungs. You have to consistently work on this procedure on your physique. There is medication and counseling involved.

He earlier remembered to Entertainment Weekly in May 2022 how, on his penultimate day on set, his coworkers and producers helped him go over a potentially fatal health emergency, saying: "You kitties hugged me and wouldn't let go when I was struggling. You were there for me during a really trying time in my life. I'm an everyday miracle. Jones remarked, "My entire life has been the stage. I thought that not performing again would be worse than dying.

Jones has previously been a part of the Off-Broadway LAByrinth Theater Company in New York. One of the many theatrical parts he played was Crooks in the 2014 Broadway version of Of Mice and Men. Jones was reportedly cast in the fourth episode of the historical anthology series Genius: MLK/X, according to Deadline in December. In his final credited role, he will play Elijah Muhammad, the "powerful, confident, and complicated" leader of the Nation of Island and Malcolm X's mentor and instructor.