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Craig “muMs” Grant Dies: Prolific Actor Played “Poet” On ‘Oz’, Recurred On ‘Hightown’ & ‘She’s Gotta Have It’

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Craig “Mums” Grant, an actor and poet who appeared in all six seasons on HBO’s prison drama Oz among dozens of film, TV and stage credits, died Thursday.

He was believed to be 53. His reps at Ellipsis Entertainment Group announced the news but did not provide details.Billed as muMs da Schemer, the name he used during his early slam-poetry years, Grant guested or recurred as Arnold “Poet” Jackson on Oz during its entire 1997-2003 run, appearing in all but seven episodes.

His character was a heroin addict who is released from “Emerald City,” only to return after killing a drug dealer. A member of the Homeboys prison gang, the character often recited poems about social and political injustice endured by Black Americans.Born and raised in New

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