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Nobody lives forever, but Bill Cobbss passing at 90 still came as a surprise.
That aura only deepened as he aged.
The Cleveland-born son of a construction worker, Cobbs entered the acting game fairly late by industry standards.
In Manhattan, Cobbs joined the Negro Ensemble Theatre and acted inPurlie Victorious.
Cobbs became an always-in-demand character actor after 1983sTrading Places.
Murphy is the main show here; he always was in the 1980s.
Diseases we aint even got anamefor.
the Old Man bellows.
One of the earliest examples was a 1988L.A.
After that, Cobbs had one-shot roles on the most notable TV dramas of their time.
