Goodbye Ranger Trivette. :(
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/clarence-gilyard-jr-walker-texas-ranger-die-hard-star-dies-66-rcna59133
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Clarence Gilyard Jr., an actor best known for starring in "Walker, Texas Ranger" and his supporting performance in "Die Hard," has died. He was 66 years old.
No further details about his death are available at this time.
Gilyard's death was confirmed through a statement by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Gilyard had been working as a film and theatre professor at UNLV College of Fine Arts.
"Professor Gilyard was a beacon of light and strength for everyone around him," UNLV film chair Heather Addison said. "Whenever we asked him how he was, he would cheerfully declare that he was "˜Blessed!' But we are truly the ones who were blessed to be his colleagues and students for so many years. We love you and will miss you dearly, Professor G!"
An accomplished film, television and theatre actor, Gilyard made a lasting impression in the 1980s after a series of guest star TV appearances, making his film debut as Sundown in "Top Gun" and playing the terrorist computer whiz Theo in "Die Hard" with a gleeful menace. In 1989, he scored a regular gig on primetime television with "Matlock," playing Conrad McMasters, a P.I. for Andy Griffith's lead criminal defense attorney.
In the opening credits of Matlock, there's a scene where Ben greets Conrad in his office. I imagine they're doing it again, this time in heaven.
And speaking of Matlock, would that be the second member of the main cast to pass away? (This year marked the 10-year anniversary of Andy Griffith's death, and every cast member of his eponymous sitcom is deceased except for Ron Howard.)