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. Rest in power, king.’ Director Peyton Reed worked with Williams on TV movie The Love Bug in 1995 and tweeted: ‘I had grown up watching him as Linc in The Mod Squad and thought he was the epitome of cool.
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