Michael Wright, who played Eddie King Jr in ‘The Five Heartbeats’, dies at 70
- Michael Wright was born in New York in 1956 and trained as an actor at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.
- He won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at Venice in 1983 for Streamers, playing a soldier unravelling in a barracks.
- His best known role came in The Five Heartbeats in 1991, as a gifted singer undone by his own troubles.
- His wife Susan announced his death on Friday, giving no cause, and he leaves five children behind.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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