The Wayans family is in mourning. The patriarch, Howell Wayans, has died. He was 86. Marlons Wayans, one of Howell’s 10 famous children, took to Instagram on Saturday and announced the tragic news while also paying tribute to his late father.
Marlon recalled a story from his childhood, when he asked his father what he wanted to be when he grew up. “He simply said ‘I wanted to be a man,'” Wayans wrote in his caption. “I said ‘not a lawyer?
A doctor? An actor?’ He said ‘just a man.’ I said ‘but every boy becomes a man.’ Dad said, ‘Not true.’ I asked ‘then what’s a man?’ My Dad said ‘A man takes care of himself and his responsibilities.
His family is always FIRST.’ From that day on I wanted to be a MAN.'” READ MORE: Marlon Wayans Doesn’t Think ‘White Chicks’ Would Work Now Because Of Cancel Culture The 50-year-old comedian and actor then thanked his “Pop” for “being an example of a Man to all your boys.” He added, “I got two angels.
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