Granville Adams, who starred as Zahir Arif on HBO’s Oz, has died. He became believed to be 58.
Oz showrunner and executive producer Tom Fontana took to Instagram to pay tribute to the unhurried actor. “Goodnight, candy prince/and flights of angels pronounce thee to they leisure,” he wrote whereas sharing a portray of Adams.
Earlier this three hundred and sixty five days, Fontana along with Oz big title Dean Winters launched a GoFundMe online page to motivate Adams and his family because the actor battled most cancers.
“As a ramification of you know, our buddy and brother Granville Adams has been diagnosed with most cancers. In very finest just a few months, the clinical funds enjoy skyrocketed to big ranges,” Fontana wrote on the GoFundMe online page. “Now not very finest does he deserve to strive against this ruthless disease, nonetheless now he has to fend off the clinical institution funds the insurance firm refuses to pay….We would prefer to acquire collectively and point to Granville our fancy by clearing this quarter’s funds, giving Granville concrete beef up in his fight in distinction vicious disease.”
Within the last update shared on the GoFundMe online page in February, Fontana offered that that they had raised better than $95,000.
Winters also paid tribute to Adams, writing on Instagram, “I first met Granny in 1992 and I correct away drank the Kool Abet. His smile became infectious, his chortle became intoxicating. He by no manner, ever spoke ill of any individual and I defy any individual who know him to instruct something else unfavorable about this man. Granville became beloved, length.”
He described Adams as “a humble, magnificent soul who correct elevated the afterlife to a whole fresh stage.” “You are going to be overlooked my buddy. You is also my brother and Im’ a better human being for piquant you,” he ended his message with.
Adams’ Oz costar Kirk Acevedo remembered Adams on social media writing, “I misplaced my brotha at the moment after a protracted strive against with most cancers. I don’t enact well with loss because I’m irregular with it. Yo Granny we’ll be reducing it up on the other aspect at some point. Until then… Relaxation uncomplicated my buddy.”
Adams appeared as if it would publicly teach his most cancers analysis last December, when he shared a portray on his Instagram of himself in a clinical institution bed with the caption, “Fuck CANCER!” He persevered to fragment updates along with his last shared in July with the caption, “135 kilos of put up radiation badness.”
Adams starred as Zahir Arif on HBO’s Oz from 1997 to 2003. He also starred as Officer Jeff Westby on the NBC assortment Assassinate: Lifestyles on the Avenue from 1996 to 1999. He would reprise the persona within the accelerate-off, Assassinate: The Movie.
