ACTOR/SINGER GRANT DIES
Guyanese actor, singer and writer CY GRANT has died, aged 90.
Grant, best-known for his role on BBC’s The Tonight Show, died in Londo= n on Saturday (13Feb10), according to his daughter, Diana. Further detail= s surrounding his death were not available as WENN went to press.
As a singer, he recorded five albums, and was best-known for his record= s King Cricket and The Constantine Calypso.
He also starred in award-winning British TV drama Home of the Brave in = 1957 and The Encyclopaedist in 1961.
Grant, who became known as the first black person to appear regularly o= n British television, later created the Drum Arts Centre in London to sup= port black artistic talent.
He is survived by his wife Dorith and four children.
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