James Avery dies

[Lover Boy]

James Avery - who played Uncle Phil in TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel Air - has died, according to reports.

News of the 65-year-old's death was broken by fellow actor Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Avery's son, Carlton Banks, in the classic 1990s comedy series.

He wrote on his Facebook page: "The world has lost a truly special man. I am very saddened to say that James Avery has passed.

"Even though he played my father on TV, he was a wonderful father figure to me in life. He will be deeply missed."

Avery passed away after recently undergoing an operation for an undisclosed illness, celebrity news website TMZ is reporting.

R.I.P

 

[Postman Dave]

Not Uncle Phil RIP

 

[Orobin Thor]

Damn sad to hear. Uncle Phil was awesome! Especially in the episode where he 'broke out Lucille" and whooped dude in pool! that was AWESOME! Truely sad to see him go.

 

[Swinny]

R.I.P. Uncle Phil. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was something special when I was a kid and he was always great.

 

[Wangman Page]

RIP Uncle Phil.

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[Swamps]

He was an outstanding actor with an outstanding voice over. I can't believe I didn't know he was the Voice of Shredder on the TMNT cartoon.

 

[Fuji Vice]

He was also the voice of JYD on the old Hulk Hogan's Rock and Wrestling cartoon. RIP.