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Michael Wright Dies: ‘The Five Heartbeats’ Star Was 70

Deadline · August 22, 2026 at 10:02 AM

Michael Wright Dies: ‘The Five Heartbeats’ Star Was 70

Actor Michael Wright, known for his roles in The Five Heartbeats, Sugar Hill, V and Oz, died Aug.

19 in Los Angeles.

He was 70.

“It is with profound sadness and an unimaginable heaviness in my heart that I share the passing of my beloved husband, Michael Wright,” his wife Susan Wright wrote on Instagram. […]

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