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BET Mourns Death Of Andre Harrell As Production Of Network’s Uptown Records Mini Is Delayed By COVID-19

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By Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TV As the music world today is reeling from the news of Andre Harrell’s death at the age of 59, his colleagues and friends are celebrating the career of the Uptown Records founder.

Harrell’s milestone career and personal story also are the subject of Uptown, a three-part original scripted miniseries, which was greenlighted by BET Networks in early December 2019.

Harrell was executive producing the project, which had been in pre-production when the coronavirus pandemic suspended all filming in Hollywood.

The production held a series of open casting calls in December and January for performers to play 90s versions of Heavy D & The Boyz, Mary J.

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