R.I.P. Terry Carter

When I was a child and a celebrity died, my paternal grandmother would always mention in passing, without fail, that celebrities died in threes and a macabre clock would start ticking in the back of my mind as she starting paying closer attention to daily news reports for confirmation.

Almost always, after a few days or so, two more celebrities would pass and she would look at me and say, "See, I told you," but not in a self-satisfied smug way. More in a I know what I'm talking about so you better be listening to me way. 

Unfortunately we have our third this week.

Following the deaths of Christian singer Mandisa and actress Barbara O. Jones, actor Terry Carter has passed away age 95...

From Variety 

Terry Carter, who played sergeant Joe Broadhurst on the TV series “McCloud” and detective Colonel Tigh on the original “Battlestar Galactica,” died at his home in New York, N.Y., Tuesday morning. He was 95.

Born John Everett DeCoste in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Dec. 16, 1928, to parents of Dominican, Argentine and African American descent, Carter would go on to become the first Black TV news anchor for Boston’s WBZ-TV Eyewitness News, where he also became their first opening night drama and movie critic. He was also one of the first Black regulars on the 1956 TV sitcom series “The Phil Silvers Show,” in which he played Private Sugarman.

Carter’s other credits include the 1970 TV movie “Company of Killers,” in which he starred alongside Van Johnson and Ray Milland, and the 1974 film “Foxy Brown” with Pam Grier.

Hit that R.I.P. tag at the bottom of this post and start counting the days between deaths.

Man, I miss my grandma so bad.