Before ThunderCats, before The Cosby Show, actor Earle Hyman made historical contributions in his stage career, which lasted for many decades. He was the first African American actor to play all four of the major Shakespearean roles of Macbeth, Hamlet, Lear, and Othello. Read on to learn more and then come see materials from the Earle Hyman collection on view in our Shakespeare Exhibition Hall. https://bit.ly/3MPjoxn | Folger Shakespeare Library
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Before ThunderCats, before The Cosby Show, actor Earle Hyman made historical contributions in his stage career, which lasted for many decades. He was the first African American actor to play all four of the major Shakespearean roles of Macbeth, Hamlet, Lear, and Othello. Read on to learn more and then come see materials from the Earle Hyman collection on view in our Shakespeare Exhibition Hall. https://bit.ly/3MPjoxn | Folger Shakespeare Library
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In personal letters to loved ones, Actor Earle Hyman wrote that he and Rolf Sirnes (1926–2004), a Norwegian seaman, had lived together for fifty years. Hyman described their relationship as a passionate love and wrote that Sirnes was his beloved partner. Hyman died at age 91 on November 17, 2017. ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ Actor Earle Hyman, most notably known as “Grandpa Huxtable” on The Cosby show, secretly lived 55 years with boyfriend/partner Rolf Sirnes. The two met as youngsters and fell ma
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" EARLE HYMAN " Hyman is known for his role on ThunderCats as the voice of Panthro and various other characters. He also appeared on The Cosby Show as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable. Singer Phyllis Hyman was his cousin. Hyman was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, as George Earle Plummer according to the North Carolina Birth Index. He claimed Native American ancestry. His parents, Zachariah Hyman and Maria Lilly Plummer seeking better educational opportunities, moved their family from the so
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