Andre Braugher, the popular, deceptively rangy, baritone, Emmy-winning actor best known for playing stoic Det. Frank Pembleton from 1993 to 1998 on NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street, and later the straight-laced but decidedly deadpan Capt. Raymond Holt on Fox’s (and later, NBC's) Brooklyn Nine-Nine, is dead after reportedly succumbing to a short illness at the age of 61.
The Juilliard-trained, Chicago native Braugher is survived by his Homicide costar, Ami Brabson, along with their three children. His publicist, Jennifer Allen, has confirmed the news to myriad press outlets.
