CNN —Ron Cephas Jones, who won two Emmy Awards for his acting on the hit television drama “This Is Us,” has died at age 66, according to his manager, Dan Spilo.
“As a parent that’s the most fulfilling that I could ever feel at the moment,” Jones said after his win, according to Deadline.
He was on and off a ventilator and had to learn to breathe, eat and walk again, the Times reported.
Jones, right, starred as William Hill, the biological father of Randall Pearson, played by Sterling K. Brown, in "This Is Us."
Ron Batzdorff/NBC/Getty ImagesBrown, who played opposite Jones in “This Is Us,” praised him in an Instagram post.
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