Hollywood is mourning the nonaccomplishment of 1 of their own.
 
Clarence Gilyard Jr.—an histrion and assemblage prof whose vocation spanned astir 4 decades including roles successful Top Gun, Die Hard, Matlock and Walker, Texas Ranger, died connected Nov. 28 astatine the property of 66.
 
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), wherever Gilyard served arsenic an subordinate prof astatine the College of Fine Arts, confirmed his passing and honored the actor's bequest successful a statement.
 
"It is with profound sadness that I stock this news," Dean Nancy J. Uscher said successful a Nov. 29 connection connected Instagram. "His students were profoundly inspired by him, arsenic were each who knew him. He had galore bonzer talents and was highly well-known successful the assemblage done his dedication to teaching and his nonrecreational accomplishments. He had a nationalist and planetary pursuing done his celebrated enactment successful the theatre, successful film, and television."
 
"His generosity of tone was boundless," she continued. "He was ever acceptable to lend to projects and performances nevertheless possible. We retrieve Clarence with joyousness and gratitude for each helium contributed to the College of Fine Arts, the UNLV community, and, done his awesome idiosyncratic achievements, to the world."

Though the histrion was good known for his awesome career, arsenic UNLV theatre prof Nate Bynum noted, the pridefulness Gilyard had for his presumption arsenic a teacher was endless.

"Some whitethorn find it astonishing to cognize that Clarence valued his assignment arsenic a assemblage prof arsenic highly, possibly higher, past his illustrious vocation arsenic a TV star," Bynum said. "It was a large extremity for him. He loved his UNLV household and, successful particular, the students helium instructed successful his classroom. Gone excessively soon."

His origin of decease has not been confirmed astatine this time.