Earle Hyman, Bill Cosby's father on The Cosby Show, dies at 91

New York

EARLE Hyman, who broke racial stereotypes on Broadway and in Scandinavia in works by Shakespeare and Ibsen, but was perhaps best known to millions of Americans as Bill Cosby's father on The Cosby Show, died last Friday in Englewood, New Jersey. He was 91.

His death was confirmed by Jordan Strohl, a representative for The Actors Fund.