Kiki Shepard
Useless at 74
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Kiki Shepard — the longtime co-host of the legendary music showcase “Showtime at the Apollo” — has died … TMZ has discovered.
LaShirl Smith, Kiki’s rep, tells TMZ … she suffered an enormous coronary heart assault in Los Angeles on Monday, including her passing was fully surprising.
Shepard turned a well-recognized face to thousands and thousands of viewers throughout her future on “Showtime at the Apollo” from 1987 to 2002, the place she shared the stage with Steve Harvey and helped introduce aspiring performers on the iconic Harlem theater.
Over time she continued working in tv with appearances on reveals together with “A Different World,” “Baywatch,” “Baywatch Nights,” “NYPD Blue,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” and “Mind Your Business.” She additionally appeared within the movie “Blackjack Christmas.”
She later made her mark on Broadway, showing in productions like “Bubbling Brown Sugar,” “Reggae,” “Your Arms Too Short to Box With God,” and “Porgy and Bess.”
Her profession in leisure started lengthy earlier than Apollo. She began out as an expert dancer within the early Seventies, performing all over the world together with with the D.C. Repertory Dance Firm.
Kiki was 74.
RIP.
