Bert Belasco, who starred as the contractor Charles Whitmore and love interest of Nadine Ellis’ character on the BET sitcom Let’s Stay Together, has died. He was 38.
According to his father, Belasco died Sunday of an apparent aneurysm while a Virginia hotel, according to a report from TMZ. He was in town to work on a movie, he said.
His father, Bert Sr., told the publication that his son’s body was found on Sunday inside a hotel room in Richmond, VA, where he was required to quarantine before he could come on set.
No official cause of death has been determined, though TMZ says there was blood found on the sheets at the time, and that Belasco’s father thinks he suffered a fatal aneurysm.
His family is awaiting autopsy results
Let’s Stay Together, created by Jacque Edmonds Cofer, ran on BET for four seasons, from 2011-14, and Belasco starred on 52 episodes.