Actor Andre Braugher's cause of death has been revealed. His rep has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the actor had lung cancer. Braugher died Monday at 61 after what his rep then said was a "brief illness." He starred on NBC's 'Homicide: Life on the Street' for six seasons. He later played the character Capt. Raymond Holt on the 2013 to 2021 Fox-NBC sitcom 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'.
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00:00 Actor Andre Brouwer's cause of death has been revealed.
00:03 His rep has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter
00:05 that the actor had lung cancer.
00:07 Brouwer died Monday at age 61
00:09 after what his rep then said was a brief illness.
00:12 He starred on NBC's "Homicide Life on the Street"
00:14 for six seasons.
00:15 He later played the character Captain Raymond Holt
00:18 on the 2013 to 2021 Fox/NBC sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
00:22 Brouwer won his first Emmy in 1998
00:25 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
00:27 for "Homicide Life on the Street."
00:29 After a season that featured
00:30 one of its most memorable episodes titled "Subway,"
00:33 he won his second Emmy for the 2006 FX miniseries "Thief."
00:37 Brouwer had been cast as the male lead
00:39 in a Netflix murder mystery series from Shonda Rhimes,
00:41 and had already completed filming many of his scenes.
00:44 It's unclear what the series will do after his death.
00:46 For more on this story and more on the life and career
00:49 of Andre Brouwer, as well as Hollywood tributes,
00:51 go to THR.com.
00:53 This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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