Waymond Lee, an actor finest recognized for showing in Comedy Central’s “Workaholics,” has died … TMZ has realized.
Norine Lee, Waymond’s sister, and Waymond’s spouse, Diane, inform TMZ … the actor handed away final week on Wednesday, Dec. 18 following problems from ALS — a neurological dysfunction that impacts nerve cells within the mind and the spinal wire. For these unfamiliar, the dysfunction is commonly additionally known as Lou Gehrig’s illness.
We’re instructed Waymond was first recognized with a degenerative mind illness in late October, however additional testing later revealed earlier this month that WL really had ALS.
His family members instructed us Waymond was again dwelling for just a little over every week, however in the end wanted to be hospitalized after he had hassle respiratory and swallowing.
We’re instructed the actor was within the hospital for just a little beneath every week earlier than he handed away … his spouse was by his facet.
They praised Waymond as a “soft-hearted” and “sentimental person,” who liked working as an actor — and by no means complained about working additional time.
Followers of “Workaholics” will keep in mind Waymond for his work as Waymond/Outdated Method Method reverse Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Jillian Bell within the in style office sitcom, which ran between 2011 and 2017.
Nonetheless, Waymond had quite a lot of different credit on his resume … together with “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Zombie Apocalypse,” “The Thundermans,” “Other People,” “Veep,” and “The Cleaning Lady.”
He was 72 years outdated.
RIP
