{"id":21908,"date":"2022-07-22T04:15:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T04:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hill-street-blues-emmy-nominee-was-82-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T04:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T04:15:41","slug":"hill-street-blues-emmy-nominee-was-82-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hill-street-blues-emmy-nominee-was-82-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Hill Street Blues’ Emmy Nominee Was 82 \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
Taurean Blacque, the Emmy-nominated actor best known for his role as the perennially behatted Detective Neal Washington on NBC’s influential 1980s hit police series Hill Street Blues<\/em>, died today in Atlanta following a brief illness. He was 82.<\/p>\n His death was announced to Deadline by his family.<\/p>\n Hollywood & Media Deaths In 2022: Photo Gallery<\/p>\n A native of Newark, New Jersey, Blacque was born Herbert Middleton Jr. and began his show business career at New York’s famed and influential Negro Ensemble Company, and soon landed guest roles on such TV series as Sanford and Son, What’s Happening, Good Times, The Bob Newhart Show <\/em>and taxi,<\/em> to name a few.<\/p>\n