The actress Michelle Thomas was 29 years old and passed away from cancer She appeared on The Young and the Restless, The Cosby Show, and Family Matters, among others.
Khadijah Bell, Thomas’s publicist, said that she died on December 22 in Manhattan.
Thomas played Callie on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. She played Theo’s girlfriend Justine on The Cosby Show, which was played by Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Steve Urkel’s girlfriend Myra on Family Matters, which was played by Jaleel White.
She was a guest star on a number of other TV shows, like Roseanne. She also appeared in music videos, plays in Los Angeles, and movies, like Hangin’ with the Homeboys.
She was recently nominated for an NAACP Image Award as the best actress in a daytime drama. The Young & The Restless co-creator and senior executive producer William J. Bell said, “We are terribly shocked and deeply saddened by Michelle’s death. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family.”
“Michelle was a talented person with a bright future. We’re all going to miss her, “Bell said.
Thomas was born in Boston, but he grew up in New York City. She went to the Broadway Dance Center and the Montclair School of the Arts.
Her parents, Phynjuar Thomas, who was an actress on stage, and Dennis Thomas, who was in the funk band Kool & the Gang in the 1970s, still live in Weehawken, New Jersey.
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