Clarence Gilyard, Top Gun actor who became professor, dies aged 66
by Ramon Antonio Vargas from World news | The Guardian on (#66A5M)
Film and TV actor also appeared in Die Hard and Walker, Texas Ranger before joining University of Nevada theatre department
The film and television actor Clarence Gilyard - who was known for supporting roles in the movies Top Gun and Die Hard and for starring in the TV show Walker, Texas Ranger - has died, according to the university where he taught. He was 66.
Gilyard reportedly had long been ill, but no other details were immediately available when the college of fine arts at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) announced his death in a news release on Monday afternoon.
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