Taurean Blacque, Detective Neal Washington on ‘Hill Street Blues,’ Dies at 82
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variety.comCarson Burton Taurean Blacque, beloved for his role of Detective Neal Washington on “Hill Street Blues,” has died. He was 82 years old.Blacque died Thursday according to his son Rodney’s Facebook post.
He died in Atlanta following a brief illness, according to reports.For all seven seasons of the popular NBC cop show, Blacque starred alongside Michael Warren, Daniel J.
Travanti, Charles Haid, Michael Conrad and Bruce Weitz in “Hill Street Blues.” The show ran from 1981-1987 and garnered Blacque an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series in 1982.
In fact, the category that year was owned by “Hill Street Blues,” which saw all five nominees coming from the show created by Steven Bochco and Michael Kozoll.
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