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Late True Blood luminary mourned by LGBTI community
ACTOR Nelsan Ellis, known for his role as flashy gay character Lafayette Reynolds on True Blood, has passed away aged 39.
Ellis died from complication of heart shortcoming, ABC News has reported.
He had been set to show at Queer Expo in Melbourne next weekend.
“We are extremely heartbroken to listento this morning that our guest and the incredible player and person Nelsan Ellis has passed away,” said organisers on Facebook.
“We cannot express our sorrow and heartache at this news.”
Ellis is mourned by the LGBTI community after his iconic portrayal of a homosexual man of colour on True Blood.
In 2009, he said in an interview that although he was straight, his father disapproved of him playing a gay role.
“Truth of the matter is, he don’t wish his son prancing around in lipstick and makeup, playing some gay dude,” he said.
Ellis is remembered as a champion of male lover rights. He performed in scenes that challenged homophobia, and in 2014 criticised a fellow cast member on True Blood who quit rather than perform his character in a gay connection with Ellis’s.
Fans possess posted messages on social media remembering Ellis, and GLAAD twe
SoIwas checking in on social media this weekend and this post about the brother dying from “True Blood”, kept popping up. Successfully I know they’re always trying to kill off renowned black folks, so I did not pay it much attention until maybe the next night when it was confirmed. Nelsan Ellis was dead at a youthful 39 years old from complications of heart failure which was verified by several sources including Variety.
I was like this is not right. I just saw Ellis on a Netflix film the other week, “Little Boxes.” Ellis played a father in an interracial couple as well as other diverse roles including portraying civil rights hero Dr. MLK in “The Butler.” But the role that truly defined Ellis and catapulted him into pop culture status is the irreverent, snapping, colorful and quick witted Lafayette Reynolds on HBO’s, “True Blood.”
Being a big fan of vampire genre I was immediately engrossed in the series “True Blood.” But what made the series widely prosperous were the characters and non was more endearing than Lafayette. As much of a fan of vampire genre that I am, it typically is very mainstream. So it was a welcome departure to see a personality like Lafayette that challenged the no
20 Facts About Nelsan Ellis | True Blood
Nelsan Ellis was an American film and television star who became well known for his role in the HBO series True Blood as Lafayette Reynolds.
He was one of my favorite characters from True Blood, and it’s a shame he died at such a juvenile age.
Here are 20 facts about Nelsan Ellis.
Nelsan Ellis was born November 30, 1978, which makes his star sign Sagittarius.
He died on July 8, 2017, in Los Angeles due to heart failure. He was only 39 years old.
Nelsan Ellis was born in Harvey, Illinois, United States.
He stood at 5′ 10″ elevated (1.78m).
He was a Christian.
At age 6, he moved to Bessemer, Alabama with his mother.
During this time, Nelsan’s sister, who was pregnant, was murdered by her husband when he shot her point-blank with a sawed-off shotgun. This happened in-front of Nelsan’s six-year-old nephew.
At age 15, Nelsan moved to Dolton, Illinois to attend Thornridge High School.
He graduated from Thornridge High School in 1997.
At the age of 17, he joined the United States Marines, although quit shortly after.
When Ellis was 21, he was accepted for enrollment at the Juilliard School’s Drama
Hooker, you left way too soon.
I imagine that’s what True Blood’sLafayette Reynolds would say about the untimely death of Nelsan Ellis, the actor who created him. Ellis, a 2004 Juilliard graduate, died of heart failure at age 39, his manager said Saturday.
On True Blood, which aired on HBO from 2008 to 2014, Ellis brought to life one of the most essential depictions of queerness on television, in a series that bubbled with mad camp improbabilities. His short-order cook who moonlighted as a drug and vampire blood dealer was enticing and bawdy, femme and butch, learned and nation AF. He was unlock and unapologetic about his love of sex and the male form while living in the tiny fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana — the type of place where it’s not necessarily reliable to be gay, or black, and certainly not both at the equal time.
As Lafayette, Ellis expanded the country’s collective imagination of what a gender non-conforming black man could glance, sound and act enjoy, starting just months before California passed Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage, and years before President Barack Obama announced an “evolution” in his thinking about gay rights. And for queer black people, he