A post shared by Sharon Catherine Brown (@sharoncatherinebrown)Sharon told that her father was at the doctor's office in L.A.
on Wednesday getting his pacemaker checked. But shortly after that visit he went into cardiac arrest and collapsed. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Sharon told the outlet that the doctor's appointment was routine, making his sudden death a huge shock to the family.Brown made his first appearance on the CBS comedy in 1975 at the halfway point of season 2.
Brown, born in St. Petersburg, Florida, began his climb up the entertainment ladder after winning an amateur night contest at the famed Apollo Theater.He'd later end up working in the Catskills, and that's where he met the legendary entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
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