He also performed Off-Broadway in So Nice, They Named it Twice. in Newark, New Jersey, Blacque started acting at New York's Negro Ensemble Company, where he performed in plays such as Orrin, Welcome to Black River, accoring to THR. Fox in the original cast of NBC's daytime soap opera Generations, which was the first series to include a Black family in the main storyline from its inception, according to The Hollywood Reporter.īorn Herbert Middleton Jr.

Senzo Zondo, portrayed by Thami Mngqolo, appeared in the serial between 20. In 2013, it was speculated that the show had received pressure to write out its homosexual characters. Blacque told the publication in 2016, 'they liked my melodic voice,' referring to Bochco and Hoblit. Generations is a South African soap opera broadcast by SABC 1, which aired between February 1994 and September 2014. The actor was chosen by series creator Steven Bochco and producer/director Gregory Hoblit to say 'Previously on Hill Street Blues' over clips of the previous week's show, according to The Guardian. RELATED: Elvis Actress and Singer Shonka Dukureh, 44, Found Dead in Her Nashville Apartment: Police In 1982, he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role.

The actor's family confirmed to Deadline that Blacque died on Thursday in Atlanta following a brief illness.īlacque is best known for playing the streetwise, no-nonsense, respected veteran Detective Neal Washington on all seven seasons of NBC's acclaimed cop show Hill Street Blues. Taurean Blacque, who starred in NBC's Hill Street Blues and Generations, has died.

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