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Clarence Williams III, 'The Mod Squad,' 'Purple Rain' star, dies at 81


USA TODAY
Clarence Williams III, who starred as the cool detective Linc Hayes on ABC s The Mod Squad, and Prince s abusive father in 1984 s Purple Rain has died. He was 81.
Williams died on June 4 in Los Angeles of colon cancer, his management company confirmed to USA TODAY.
The late actor starred on the counter-culture police series alongside Peggy Lipton (who died in 2019) as Julie Barnes and Michael Cole as Pete Cochran from 1968 to 1973. The trio portrayed young adults who had previous police run-ins, but later became LAPD undercover cops under the command of Capt. Adam Greer (Tige Andrews).
It was ground-breaking for a Black actor at the time to have the starring role during five seasons on the series executive produced by Aaron Spelling, as Williams discussed in a 1995 Los Angeles Times interview.  ....

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