The Dark Truth: Exploring The Unforeseen Circumstances Of Ron O'Neal's Death - staging
Webron o'neal, the actor who briefly became an international star in the film superfly after producers saw his performance in the play no place to be somebody , died of cancer in los angeles.
He died on january 14,.
Both core and the naacp objected to the racial images projected by the film.
Webron oβneal, a stage and film actor who rode the wave of blaxploitation movies in the early 1970s starring as the sartorially resplendent harlem drug dealer in the 1972 hit βsuperfly,β has.
Webas youngblood priest, a magnetic cocaine dealer looking to make one last score before getting out of the drug life, oβneal made a strong impression.
Webron oβnealβs health deteriorated in the last months of his life, as the cancer took its toll on his body.
Super fly, however, proved controversial.
He was hospitalized several times and suffered from pneumonia and other complications.
