Granville Adams, who portrayed Zahir Arif in HBO’s Oz, died after a battle with cancer. He was 58.The news was confirmed on Sunday by multiple friends including Oz‘s showrunner/executive producer Tom Fontana, and costars Kirk Acevedo and Harold Perrineau.“I lost my brotha today after a long battle with cancer,” Acevedo shared via Twitter. “I don’t do well with loss because I’m unfamiliar with it.
Yo Granny we’ll be chopping it up on the other side one day. Until then… Rest easy my friend.”Added Perrineau via Instagram, “You can’t always cry, sometimes you’ve got to CELEBRATE the time you had together.
Brittany and I LOVE this man and the entire group of family/friends that we all created. Sleep well Prince! We’ll see each other again.”Fonta
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