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Known for. Virgil Tibbs – In the Heat of the Night. Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Actor: Ragtime. Howard E. Rollins Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. He was the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins Sr. (steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker). Rollins graduated from Towson State College, where he studied theater.
- October 17, 1950
- December 8, 1996
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Dec 10, 1996 · December 10, 1996 at 12:00 a.m. EST. NEW YORK -- Howard Rollins, 46, the actor who starred for five seasons in the TV series "In the Heat of the Night" and who was nominated for an Oscar for...
Howard E. Rollins Jr.. Actor: Ragtime. Howard E. Rollins Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1950. He was the youngest of four children born to Howard E. Rollins Sr. (steelworker) and Ruth R. Rollins (domestic worker). Rollins graduated from Towson State College, where he studied theater.
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- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Rollins seemed to be getting his life and career back on track when in late October of 1996 he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. Within six weeks Rollins succumbed to the cancer and died at St. Luke ’ s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York at the age of 46.
Dec 11, 1996 · Howard Rollins, an Oscar-nominated actor with roles in such movies as ``Ragtime'' and ``A Soldier's Story'' and the TV series ``In the Heat of the Night,'' died at age 46. Rollins died Sunday afternoon at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital.
