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Earle Hyman 1926 - 2017

Earle Hyman was born on October 11, 1926 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina United States, and died at age 91 years old on November 17, 2017 in Englewood, Bergen County, NJ. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Earle Hyman.

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October 11, 1926
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States
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Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07631, United States
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    An accomplished actor, Earle Hyman was best known for his role on the television show "The Cosby Show", where he played the father of Cliff Huxtable - Bill Cosby. Earle was the partner of Rolf Sirnes for fifty years. See Earle Hyman: Obituary.
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    October 11, 1926
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    Rocky Mount, North Carolina United States
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  • Professional Career

    Earle was an actor on stage and screen.
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    November 17, 2017
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    Englewood, Bergen County, New Jersey 07631, United States
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    DEATH; N.C. NATIVE EARLE HYMAN FROM "THE COSBY SHOW" DIES AT 91 LOS ANGELES - Native North Carolinian Earle Hyman, a veteran actor of stage and screen who was widely known for playing Russell Huxtable on "The Cosby Show", has died. Hyman died Friday at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 91. A North Carolina native, Hyman made his Broadway debut as a teen-ager in 1943. He would go on to become a charter member of the American Shakespeare Theater Hyman is best known, however, for "The Cosby Show" where he played the father to Bill Cosby's Cliff Hustable, though he was only 11 years his senior. - News and Record (Greensboro, North Carolina) Monday, November 20, 2017.
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Earle Hyman, as Autolycus in The Winter's Tale
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Earle Hyman, as Dunois in Shaw's St. Joan
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Earle Hyman, as Dunois in Shaw's St. Joan
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Earle Hyman, the Prince of Morocco
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Earle Hyman, as Othello
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Other Hyman Family Biographies

Hyman, Lillie (Oct 29, 1926 - Jan 1994) Hyman, Helen (Apr 26, 1919 - Dec 1973) Hyman, Sarah (Apr 3, 1895 - Sep 1980) Hyman, E Donald (Apr 23, 1914 - Aug 1980) Hyman, Ernest (Aug 15, 1885 - May 1964) Hyman, Roland (May 13, 1916 - Feb 18, 1997) Hyman, Melvin (Dec 26, 1921 - May 9, 2000) Hyman, Elizabeth (Jul 31, 1915 - Jan 22, 1998) Hyman, Hazel (Dec 22, 1904 - Feb 1992) Hyman, Madeline (Nov 24, 1927 - Dec 18, 2000)
Hyman, Eleanor (Mar 21, 1913 - Dec 27, 1994) Hyman, Leila (May 19, 1917 - Jun 12, 2005) Hyman, Bernadette (Aug 30, 1923 - Dec 1992) Hyman, Herbert (Dec 18, 1914 - Jan 9, 1990) Hyman, Mary (May 23, 1890 - Jan 1986) Hyman, Jacob (Sep 16, 1883 - Dec 1962) Hyman, Herbert (May 28, 1918 - Oct 1970) Hyman, Sam (Oct 1, 1881 - Jun 1972) Hyman, Philip (Oct 21, 1883 - Aug 1965) Hyman, Harry (Sep 17, 1914 - Apr 26, 2006)
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