12-01-2003, 03:30 PM
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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
'Fame' Actor Gene Anthony Ray Dies at 41
2 hours, 15 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Gene Anthony Ray, an actor and dancer best known for his roles in the 1980 movie "Fame" and its spin-off television series, died Friday in Manhattan of complications from a stroke. He was 41.
Ray was also HIV (news - web sites) positive, his mother said. The actor attended New York's High School of the Performing Arts, but he dropped out after a year.
Ray returned to the role of Leroy for the "Fame" television series, which ran from 1982 to 1987. He went on to appear in the films "Out of Sync" (1995) and "Eddie" (1996), starring Whoopi Goldberg (news).
Ray appears in a "Fame" reunion documentary, "Fame Remember My Name," which was taped in April 2003 for the BBC but has not yet aired.
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This is sooooo sad. He was my favorite character from the show, besides Debbie Allen.
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