Eddie Murphy’s elder brother, Charles Murphy will be one of the latest celebrities to bow out to cancer after dying from Leukemia at the age of 57 years.
TMZ reports that he died on Wednesday morning in a New York City Hospital.
According to Charlie’s manager, he’d been going undergoing chemotherapy. Family members tell us they’re absolutely shocked because they thought he was getting better.
We’re told the family would call him frequently, and he’d even joke they were calling too much.
Alongside his work with his younger brother, Eddie Murphy, Charlie Murphy carved out a niche of popularity with numerous roles. Perhaps his most famous role was his sketches on Dave Chappelle’s comedy series, “Charlie Murphy’s True Hollywood Stories.”
The Chappelle Show skits retold the stories of dramatic interactions the Murphy brothers had with musical icons Prince and Rick James.
Prior to his death, he was one of the main stars of the Adult Swim series “Black Jesus.”