- Had a superb singing voice and loved to sing opera.
- Was offered a role in the 1988 Keenon Ivory Wayans Film, "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka" and in the 1990 "Superfly" remake "The Return of Superfly" but he turned down both roles.
- Flunking out of Ohio State University, his acting career was triggered after seeing "Finian's Rainbow" by chance at the Karamu House, a highly regarded nonprofessional company that had presented interracial casting since 1913. He won a chorus role in a musical and stayed with the company for six years.
- Was long time friends with R&B legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Solomon Burke.
- Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000.
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