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Originally Posted by tv star collector
Unfortunately, Lloyd Haynes died of cancer on Dec. 31, 1986. He was only 52.
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He was on some soap opera after the show ended, but of the 4 main players he did the least stuff in the entertainment industry. Michael Constantine who played the principal was in My Big Fat Greek Wedding a few years back - Room 222 was about as big a gig as he was going to get since he's a true character actor and not a leading man. Denise Nicholas is well respected in the black acting world (she came from the theater). If she still goes up for parts she'd be in competition with people like Phylicia Rashad and the woman from Law and Order and a handful of others. Karen Valentine seemed earmarked for comedy. I can't picture her in any kind of really dramatic role, which may be why she's faded from view. Denise Nicholas was the most versatile of those 4 and her extended body of work speaks to that.
As for the students Eric Laneuville has gone the furthest in the entertainment world as far as I know while others like the guy who played Jason seemed to have quit that industry altogether soon after the show ended. Wonder what it is like for those people who quit acting to be out someplace and have someone come up out of the blue and say, "Aren't you the guy who used to be on that show" or "I know I know you from someplace...' Alot of the time those people just want to be left alone.