A number of cast members died, but we’ll start with Meshach Taylor, who passed in 2014. His breakthrough came in the mid-‘80s with two key roles: as Hollywood Montrose in Mannequin and Anthony Bouvier on Designing Women. Like Potts, Taylor also stuck around for the series’ full run.
After Designing Women, he joined the show Dave's World and kept working regularly throughout the ‘90s and ‘00s. He earned himself a new generation of fans with Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. His last role was on Criminal Minds. Sadly, he died of cancer in 2014. He was only 67 years old.