Waymond Lee, an actor finest identified for showing in Comedy Central’s “Workaholics,” has died … TMZ has discovered.
Norine Lee, Waymond’s sister, and Waymond’s spouse, Diane, inform TMZ … the actor handed away final week on Wednesday, Dec. 18 following issues from ALS — a neurological dysfunction that impacts nerve cells within the mind and the spinal twine. For these unfamiliar, the dysfunction is commonly additionally known as Lou Gehrig’s illness.
We’re informed Waymond was first recognized with a degenerative mind illness in late October, however additional testing later revealed earlier this month that WL truly had ALS.
His family members informed us Waymond was again dwelling for a bit of over every week, however in the end wanted to be hospitalized after he had bother respiratory and swallowing.
We’re informed the actor was within the hospital for a bit of beneath every week earlier than he handed away … his spouse was by his facet.
They praised Waymond as a “soft-hearted” and “sentimental person,” who cherished working as an actor — and by no means complained about working time beyond regulation.
Followers of “Workaholics” will bear in mind Waymond for his work as Waymond/Outdated Manner Manner reverse Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Jillian Bell within the common office sitcom, which ran between 2011 and 2017.
Nonetheless, Waymond had a lot of different credit on his resume … together with “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Zombie Apocalypse,” “The Thundermans,” “Other People,” “Veep,” and “The Cleaning Lady.”
He was 72 years outdated.
RIP
