Actor Bert Belasco (aged 38), known for his role in the BET series Let's Stay Together; has died.
As reported by Fox News, Belasco's father, Bert Sr., told TMZ that his son was found dead on Sunday (local time) in a hotel room in Virginia after staff went to check on him. According to his dad, he was in the middle of quarantining for two weeks leading up to a new movie.
His girlfriend reportedly called the hotel when she had not heard from Belasco. Bert Sr. thinks his son died of an aneurysm but is waiting on an autopsy to officially announce its findings. According to the local news outlet, ABC 8 News, the Henrico Police Department responded to a hotel for a medical emergency on Sunday (local time). According to the news station, hotel staff said they received a call to check on Belasco when loved ones couldn't reach him.
The outlet reports that when first responders arrived, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Belasco also had roles in l'm Dying Up Here, The Mick, "Pitch; Key and Peele' and 'Justified, among others.
Some of his friends like actor Yvette Nicole Brown and Jackee Harry condoled his death and reacted to the tragic news on Twitter.
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