Beah Richards

Beah Richards (1920 - 2000)
Poet/playwright
== Film Deaths ==
*Hurray Sundown (1967) [Rose Scott]: Dies of a heart attack.
* Beloved (1998) [Grandma Baby Suggs]: Dies (off-screen) of old age/natural causes, at some point during the passage of time between the scenes.
== TV Deaths ==
* ER: Motherhood (1995) [Mae Benton]: Dies (off-screen) of a heart attack in the nursing home; her body is shown afterwards when her son (Eriq La Salle) comes into the room where his sister (Khandi Alexander) is standing by her bedside.
== Noteworthy Connections ==
* Ex-Mrs. High Harrell Jr. (sculptor)
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