Did you know that Robert Guillaume TV star Benson died, he was 89?

Did you know that Robert Peter Williams was Robert Guillaume?

Did you know that Guillaume died of prostate cancer on October 24, 2017, at his home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 89?

Did you know that Guillaume was an American actor, known for his role as Isaac Jaffe on Sports Night and as Benson on the TV series Soap and the spin-off Benson,^[1] as well as for voicing the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King?^[2]

Did you know that Guillaume career spanned more than 50 years where he worked extensively on stage, television and film?

Robert Guillaume and Joan Collins

Lonie Anderson,Robert Guillaume and Tim Conway

Did you know that Guillaume for his efforts he was nominated for a Tony Award for his portrayal of Guys and Dolls, and twice won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of the character Benson DuBois, once in 1979 on Soap and in 1985 on Benson?
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Guillaume Grammy

  Did you know that Cuillaume  also won a Grammy Award in 1995 for his spoken word performance of an audiobook version of The Lion King?

Did you know that Guillaume was born November 30, 1927
in St. Louis, Missouri?^[3]

(born ; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017)

 

Did you know that Guillaume made several guest appearances on sitcoms, including Good Times, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Saved By The Bell: The College Years and in the 1990s sitcoms The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and A Different World?

Did you know that Guillaume series-regular debut was on the ABC series Soap, playing Benson, a butler, from 1977 to 1979?^[13]

Did you know that Guillaume continued the role in a spin-off series, Benson, from 1979 until 1986?^[3]

Guillaume as Benson

Did you know that Guillaume made one of his final TV appearances during season 5 on Oprah: Where Are They Now?

Did you know that Guillaume was married twice; first to Marlene Williams in 1955, with whom he had two sons, Kevin and Jacques?

 Did you know that Guillaume had a daughter in 1980, Melissa, whom he raised with her mother, Patricia?

Did you know that Guillaume then married Donna Brown in 1986; the couple had a daughter, Rachel?^[9][7]

Did you know that Guillaume also fathered  another daughter by a different mother, Patricia, born in 1950, who was raised by her grandparents?^[5]

Did you know that Guillaume son Jacques died on December 23, 1990, at the age of 33 due to complications of AIDS?^[7]

Did you know that in 1999, Guillaume suffered a stroke while working on Sports Night at Walt

Guillaume

Disney Studios in Burbank, California?^[8]

Did you know that the stroke was minor, causing relatively slight damage and little effect on his speech?^[3]

Did you know that Guillaume has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame ?^[18]

Did you know that on November 28, 1984, Guillaume received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in the television industry?^[19][20]

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