Clarence Williams III: 5 Things To Know About Iconic ‘Mod Squad’ Actor Who Is Dead At 81

Lisa Kudrow is showing support to two of her former co-stars!

The Late Show host Stephen Colbert was sure that Chris Licht was the right person for the job of showrunner of his CBS late-night show when the pair met over a drink six years ago.

An organization of owners and executives from the original United States Football League filed suit today in Los Angeles to block Fox Sports’ planned launch of a new version of the legacy league.

The FTC is set to decide over the next few weeks whether to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon’s planned merger with MGM. The Information reported this evening that the U.S. regulator is exploring actions that include hiring expert witnesses.

The highest-ranked Ukrainian tennis player in the world, Elina Svitolina, announced today that due to the Russian invasion of her country, she would not play a “match against Russian or Belarussian [sic] tennis players until our organizations take this necessary decision.”

This Morning presenter Josie Gibson has taken to social media to ask followers for their help after her friend became stranded in Ukraine. The 37-year-old took to Twitter to ask her 344,000 followers to help her friend, a mother, and her two children, who are stuck in the northeast city of Kharkiv and struggling to get out.

snow plume is drifting across the Atlantic and could bring a return to weather chaos in a matter of days.Around three inches of snow are predicted to land in parts next week, with flakes expected in every part of the United Kingdom.New weather maps from independent forecaster WX Charts show an aggressive weather front sweeping in from the south east next Thursday (March 10) around midday.Some of the heaviest snowfall will come in the Welsh Valleys, with Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire and the north east of England also expected to experience up to three inches later in the day.In areas further south, this weather is expected to instead come in the form of extreme heavy rain, with nine to 10mm of precipitation anticipated per hour in London, Bristol and the Home Counties.Looking ahead to net week, the Met Office outlook for Saturday (March 5) to Monday (March 14) reads: "A largely settled start to this period with sunny spells across the north and west. "Cloudier conditions with light rain or drizzle are more likely further south and east, although brighter spells are also possible here.

warlord who murdered LGBT+ people in what became known as the "gay purge" has been killed fighting in Ukraine. Magomed Tushayev was a military boss under the command of feared Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Anti-gay purges were first reported in Chechnya, now a constituent republic of Russia, in 2017 and involved secret abductions, torture and extrajudicial killings.

Ukraine following the invasion of the Eastern European country by Russia.

Rebel Wilson, 41, is a renowned comedian but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have time for her family. In fact, the Pitch Perfect star is super close to her siblings, whom she claims keep her grounded.  She has opened up about her family a number of times as she has risen up in fame. When revealing how her unique name came about, she shared that it’s something she and her siblings have in common. “A girl called Rebel sang at their wedding, and that’s where my name came from,” she said according to Daily Mail. “My three siblings and I all have middle names after English royalty. Mine is Elizabeth, which is what I was known as at school.” With that said, meet the Bridesmaids star’s three siblings!

They announced their engagement back in January.And Ron Perlman, 71, showed he was still madly in love with his fiancée Allison Dunbar, 49, when he couldn't keep his hands off her as they hit the red carpet for the fifth annual Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) Film Awards.The lovebirds both look effortlessly elegant in matching black outfits as they arrived at the Avalon nightclub in Hollywood on Monday evening. Loved-up: Ron Pelrman, 71, couldn't keep his hands off his actress fiancée Allison Dunbar, 49, at the fifth annual HCA Film Awards in Hollywood on MondayAllison looked gorgeous in a voluminous black satin dress with a plunging neckline.The outfit included a thick black bow tied over her bust that drooped down to her knees, and the long skirt reached to the ground.

Naya Rivera‘s family has privately settled a wrongful death lawsuit that was filed against Ventura County, where she tragically drowned in July 2020.

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder opened up to the crowd about his experience contracting COVID-19.“I got the COVID right before we were supposed to start practicing, probably five, six weeks ago, and literally saw my life flash in front of my eyes,” Vedder said while addressing the audience at Los Angeles’ YouTube Theater on February 25, after his daughter Olivia performed her Flag Day track ‘My Father’s Daughter’.“I’ve done some very good things for my body and I’ve also had a lot of fun and I’ve done some things that would be termed some kind of abuse,” he joked. “I won’t get into the details.

Kim Kardashian, 41, was on fire last week at Milan Fashion Week! The SKIMS founder cemented her status as a global fashion icon at the Prada show as her estranged husband Kanye West, 44, and Instagram model, Chaney Jones, 24, went on back to back dates in Miami, Florida. Chaney has been drawing plenty of comparison due her similarities to Kim — even being dubbed a  “Kim lookalike” — right down to her fashion sense.

Peggy Lipton (1946 –2019), and Michael Cole as three young hip undercover detectives in Los Angeles. The series was one of the first to star a black actor in a non-stereotypical role and it took on important issues such as the Vietnam war, racism, illegal immigration and addiction.

cancer. Tributes have poured in for Williams, with musician and actor Lenny Kravitz tweeting: ‘When I was a kid growing up in NYC Clarence Williams III was a face on TV that I identified with and that inspired me. From the Mod Squad, to Purple Rain and Sugar Hill, he always performed with dynamic energy.

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series "The Mod Squad" and Prince’s father in "Purple Rain," has died. He was 81.

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series The Mod Squad and Prince’s father in Purple Rain, has died. He was 81.

Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series The Mod Squad and Prince's father in Purple Rain, has died.He was 81.Williams died Friday at his home in Los Angeles after a battle with colon cancer, his manager Allan Mindel said Sunday.A native of New York, Williams career spanned over five decades in theater, television and film. RIP:Clarence Williams III, who played the cool undercover cop Linc Hayes on the counterculture series The Mod Squad and Prince's father in Purple Rain, has died.

Clarence Williams III, known for his role as the undercover cop Lincoln Hayes on The Mod Squad, has sadly passed away at the age of 81.

Clarence Williams III, who was a Black power icon in the 1960s and 1970s as the cool detective “Linc Hayes” on television’s The Mod Squad, has died. Williams died in Los Angeles on Friday June 4 of colon cancer, according to his management