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*Reverberations from the unexpected death on Wednesday (04-12-17) of comedian/actor Charlie Murphy are still coming in. The most important is that of the Murphy family including his brother, Eddie, expressing their grief over the loss of Charlie. “Our hearts are heavy with the loss today of our son, brother, father, uncle and friend Charlie,” the […]

*Whoa! Here’s some super sad news seemingly from out of nowhere. Eddie Murphy‘s older brother, Charlie Murphy, has died of leukemia. The fact that he was sick with leukemia is going shock a lot of people. In any event, the news of Murphy’s death, at 57, was confirmed by his manager. Ironically, the funny man’s […]

Unsung Hollywood: Charlie Murphy (TV One) *To mark the passing of Charlie Murphy, TV One will present two special airings of “Unsung Hollywood: Charlie Murphy,” scheduled tonight (April 12) at 11 p.m. ET and Thursday (April 13) at 8 a.m. ET. Murphy, the brother of Eddie Murphy, died of leukemia Wednesday at the age of […]

*A who’s who of comedy giants gathered in New Jersey Wednesday night to pay their last respects to Charlie Murphy, a.k.a. “Darkness.” Murphy, older brother to actor/comedian Eddie Murphy, died in a New York City hospital at 57 last week after battling leukemia. Dave Chappelle, George Lopez, Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Hughley and Eddie Griffin gathered […]

Tisha & Charlie Murphy & son – Gettyimages *While family members and fans still mourn the death of the legendary comedian Charlie Murphy, who passed in April 2017, details of his period of mourning the death of his wife were recently made public. In 2009, Charlie lost his wife, Tisha Taylor.  In an interview 12 […]

John Mayer and Dave Chappelle at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio (April 12, 2017) *Dave Chappelle honored the memory of his friend and “Chappelle’s Show” writer Charlie Murphy during a surprise appearance at a John Mayer concert Wednesday in Chappelle’s home state of Ohio. “Today I got some terrible news. My good friend Charlie Murphy […]

Unsung Hollywood: Charlie Murphy (TV One) *A rep for Charlie Murphy is steaming pissed at the Emmy folks for excluding the late actor/comedian in its “In Memoriam” segment. He says they have no excuse. None. The rep is Domenick Nati. He says a producer for the Emmys reached out to him on August 18 asking for […]

 *Power star, Omari Hardwick, is speaking out about working with late comedian/actor, Charlie Murphy, who passed away in April 2017. One of the last projects he worked on was the hit STARZ drama series, playing a correctional officer who had it out for “Ghost” (Hardwick), during his prison stint. In a new interview on […]

[…] his 10th child with fiancée Paige Butcher, a baby boy they named Max Charles Murphy. The child’s middle name is in honor of Eddie’s late brother, actor/comedian Charlie Murphy. OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Ja Rule Teases Plans for New Music Festival Following Fyre Fest Debacle: ‘I Can’t F**k it Up Twice!’ “I have my […]

* Charlie Murphy has been added to the cast of the new season of the Starz’s hit drama “Power.” EW shared a pic of Murphy on set with series star Omari Hardwick aka “Ghost.” Murphy, the brother of comedian Eddie Murphy, is best known for his work in “Meet the Blacks,” and “Chappelle’s Show.” On […]

[…] comedian Eddie Murphy who sang it, and the late Rick James, who produced it. The two were close buddies for years. Eddie’s older and now late brother Charlie Murphy revealed a lot about the two stars’ interactions in skits on Dave Chappelle’s old TV show. But did you know that a snowstorm greatly inconvenienced Eddie […]

*Comedians George Lopez and DL Hughley found a lasting way to honor their late friend Charlie Murphy. The day after his funeral on Wednesday in New Jersey, the comics hit up a tattoo shop in New York City to ink the side of their hands with “Darkness,” the nickname given to Murphy in the 80s by Rick James. […]

[…] in the Netflix film “Dolemite Is My Name,” and YouTube picking up Peele’s sci-fi anthology series “Weird City.” Co-created and written by Peele and Key & Peele’s Charlie Sanders, “Weird City” is set in the not-too-distant future metropolis of Weird. Each episode will explore issues that pertain to present-day life in Weird — stories […]

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[…] play Transition to learn the truth. Harry S. Murphy plays Donald Trump. Murphy has appeared in numerous films (Race to Witch Mountain ; Killing Hasselhoff; Evan Almighty, Charlie Wilson’s War; Shattered!; Who’s Your Daddy?;much more) and television shows (The New Girl; Selfie; Partners; Scandal; Save Me; Monday Mornings; dozens more). Harry S. Murphy as […]