Le Tari, Dudley's father died in 1987? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TJ · 03-16-2002, 06:30 PM

I was just looking at his Internet Movie Database Entry and it says he died on April 4, 1987 in Los Angeles. I don't remember that information being listed the last time I checked. Does anyone know if it is true? He would have been only 40 (almost 41).

SoFl123 · 03-17-2002, 03:18 AM

it has been there for as long as i can remember. i dont remember it saying how he died though and being that im friends with shavar ross, i can ask him to get it all cleared up... by they way is his name french?

TJ · 03-17-2002, 03:28 AM

I asked Shavar after I wrote this, he said he believed it was drug related. Very sad news to hear.

SoFl123 · 03-17-2002, 03:35 AM

Yea he did look like a big drug user.. looked like he had a hard time standing in a few scenes

JethroSimpson · 03-17-2002, 07:00 AM

I remember reading that about him and being surprised he died so young, I thought he was really good in his role.

Another DS cast member who died years ago I saw was Antony Tompkins who played one of Willis' friends from Harlem, Vernon. He would have been really young when he died too.

TJ · 03-17-2002, 03:55 PM

Anthony Thompkins is not dead, in fact he was interviewed on the E! True Hollywood Story on Diff'rent Strokes a few years ago - I don't know if you've seen that. Plus they (the Internet Movie Database) list him in a 1989 episode of 21 Jump Street and having died in 1988.

They list his birthyear as 1954, there's no way he was that old when he did Diff'rent Strokes. This is obviously a different Anthony Thompkins or someone put in false information.

SoFl123 · 03-17-2002, 04:12 PM

That information is quite strange...

JethroSimpson · 03-17-2002, 04:15 PM

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Originally posted by TJ
Anthony Thompkins is not dead, in fact he was interviewed on the E! True Hollywood Story on Diff'rent Strokes a few years ago - I don't know if you've seen that. Plus they (the Internet Movie Database) list him in a 1989 episode of 21 Jump Street and having died in 1988.

They list his birthyear as 1954, there's no way he was that old when he did Diff'rent Strokes. This is obviously a different Anthony Thompkins or someone put in false information.

Yeah, I just had a look and if you go to Diff'rent Strokes and click on the actor it names Vernon played by someone called Antony Thomkins with a "h" in, so the site has made a mistake. I didn't see the 1954 DOB before, they've clearly got 2 different people totaly mixed up.

Curtis3331 · 03-18-2002, 01:57 PM

That's sad.

03-16-2002, 06:30 PM	#1
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,658	Le Tari, Dudley's father died in 1987? I was just looking at his Internet Movie Database Entry and it says he died on April 4, 1987 in Los Angeles. I don't remember that information being listed the last time I checked. Does anyone know if it is true? He would have been only 40 (almost 41).

03-17-2002, 07:00 AM	#5
JethroSimpson Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 01, 2001 Location: England,UK Posts: 1,080	I remember reading that about him and being surprised he died so young, I thought he was really good in his role. Another DS cast member who died years ago I saw was Antony Tompkins who played one of Willis' friends from Harlem, Vernon. He would have been really young when he died too.
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03-17-2002, 03:18 AM	#2
SoFl123 TTTTT Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 19, 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 583	it has been there for as long as i can remember. i dont remember it saying how he died though and being that im friends with shavar ross, i can ask him to get it all cleared up... by they way is his name french?

03-17-2002, 03:28 AM	#3
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,658	I asked Shavar after I wrote this, he said he believed it was drug related. Very sad news to hear.

03-17-2002, 03:35 AM	#4
SoFl123 TTTTT Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 19, 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 583	Yea he did look like a big drug user.. looked like he had a hard time standing in a few scenes

03-17-2002, 03:55 PM	#6
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,658	Anthony Thompkins is not dead, in fact he was interviewed on the E! True Hollywood Story on Diff'rent Strokes a few years ago - I don't know if you've seen that. Plus they (the Internet Movie Database) list him in a 1989 episode of 21 Jump Street and having died in 1988. They list his birthyear as 1954, there's no way he was that old when he did Diff'rent Strokes. This is obviously a different Anthony Thompkins or someone put in false information.

03-17-2002, 04:12 PM	#7
SoFl123 TTTTT Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 19, 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 583	That information is quite strange...

03-18-2002, 01:57 PM	#9
Curtis3331 Kimberly Rules! Frequent Poster Join Date: May 13, 2001 Location: TX Posts: 428	That's sad.