Cause of death released for Andre Braugher, 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and 'Homicide' star
Brooklyn Nine-Nine "The Last Day, Part 2" Episode 810 -- Pictured: Andre Braugher as Ray Holt -- (Photo by: John P. Fleenor/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Andre Braugher's cause of death has been revealed.
Braugher died from lung cancer, a representative said Thursday.
When the Emmy-winning actor who starred in the series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Homicide: Life on the Street" died Monday at age 61, his representatives said only that he had been through a brief illness, but his publicist Jennifer Allen gave the cause on Thursday.
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Braugher generally revealed little about his private life, and his death was unexpected for many of his co-stars. He told the New York Times in 2014 that he stopped smoking and drinking years ago.
Actor Andre Braugher backstage at the Emmy Awards Show, August 27 2006, in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Images)
The Chicago-born Braugher had his Hollywood breakthrough in the 1989 film "Glory" acting alongside Denzel Washington and Morgan Freeman.
He went on to play Det. Frank Pemberton, the lead role in the NBC police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street," for seven seasons. He would win the first of two career Emmys for his work on the show.
Braugher was nominated for Emmys 11 times, four of them for the comic turn he took as Capt. Ray Holt on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," the Andy Samberg-starring series that ran for eight seasons on Fox and NBC.
Braugher was married for more than 30 years to his "Homicide" co-star Ami Brabson. He is also survived by sons Michael, Isaiah and John Wesley, his brother Charles Jennings and his mother Sally Braugher.