Hollywood top actor, James Avery, is dead.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, died on New Year’s day.
He was aged 68.
Avery’ss publicist announced his death on Wednesday.
Avery died late on Tuesday in hospital in Glendale outside Los Angeles, the United States of America due to complications from open heart surgery.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara Avery, 26; mother, Florence Avery; and his step son, Kevin Waters.
Avery was born in Virginia and raised in New Jersey, United States of America.
He had worked until September, shooting a film titled: Wish I Was Here, directed by Zach Braff, which will be premiered at the Sundance Film Festival later this month.
With a deep baritone voice, Avery regularly played judges, professors or doctors in TV shows in the 1980s and 90s, as well as extensive voice work, including on animated projects.
His first big screen role was an uncredited part in the 80s classic: “The Blues Brothers,” and he enjoyed a prolific TV and movie career stretching over three decades.
Plans are said to be underway for a memorial service in his honour.
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