Tommy Tiny Lister
Tommy Tiny Lister, an actor best known for his comedic role as Deebo in
Friday and the sequel
Next Friday, has died. He was 62.
Lister s manager, Cindy Cowan, told the Associated Press that Lister was found unconscious in his home in Marina del Rey on Thursday afternoon and pronounced dead at the scene.
Cowan said Lister was diagnosed with COVID-19 this year and had overcome the virus, but he became sick about a week ago and had trouble breathing.
The cause of death has not been released, and the coroner s office is investigating.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff s Department shared in a news release that homicide investigators were looking into an incident reported Thursday at 2:50 p.m. on the 4100 block of Via Marina in Marina del Rey regarding the death of a Black male adult.