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R.I.P. Charlie Robinson, Mac from Night Court Sam Barsanti
Night Court died over the weekend.
Variety says he died from “cardiac arrest and cancer,” though more specific information isn’t available. Robinson was 75.
Robinson was born in Texas in 1945 and started performing in the ‘60s, first as a singer in R&B groups. He later attended acting school and moved to Hollywood at the end of the decade, fully transitioning to being an actor by the ‘70s. His earliest roles included high-concept blaxploitation films like
Sugar Hill (which involves zombies) and
The Black Gestapo (which involves inner-city vigilantes becoming fascist overlords), as well as TV shows and TV movies like
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Night Court was a sitcom that delivered a lot of laughs for fans over the years, but now the
Night Court family has lost one of its own. Charles Robinson, known for playing court clerk Mac Robinson for nearly the full run of the series, has passed away at the age of 75.
Charles Robinson died on Monday, July 12 due to multi-system organ failure following septic shock and a type of glandular cancer called metastatic adenocarcinoma, according to Robinson s representative (via The Wrap). The actor and
Night Court figure reportedly died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California.
Night Court died over the weekend.
Variety says he died from “cardiac arrest and cancer,” though more specific information isn’t available. Robinson was 75.
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Robinson was born in Texas in 1945 and started performing in the ‘60s, first as a singer in R&B groups. He later attended acting school and moved to Hollywood at the end of the decade, fully transitioning to being an actor by the ‘70s. His earliest roles included high-concept blaxploitation films like
Sugar Hill (which involves zombies) and
The Black Gestapo (which involves inner-city vigilantes becoming fascist overlords), as well as TV shows and TV movies like