Renuald White — a cleaning soap opera star who broke down boundaries for Black folks in modeling — has died … based on one in every of his longtime pals.
Clothier Jeffrey Banks revealed the information to Girls’s Put on Each day — a preferred style journal — Friday sharing that White died final week whereas beneath hospice care in Manhattan. He didn’t present a reason behind dying.
White rose to prominence by way of modeling within the Seventies … turning into simply the second Black mannequin to look on the quilt of GQ in 1979 — two years after Urs Althaus.
He modeled for a number of the greatest designers and publications through the years … together with working with Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Invoice Blass whereas showing on the quilt of Playboy in 1982.
White made the bounce to appearing in 1986 … showing in a number of episodes of “Guiding Light” as William Reynolds. He made a number of different appearances in TV and flicks through the years — most lately starring within the 2017 horror film “Central Park.”
Banks remembers Renauld in an Instagram publish as “the perfect gentleman and a great ambassador for my brand. When first introduced to my Mother she claimed instantly that he was my ‘older brother.’ I only wished that was so.”
White’s funeral will likely be held subsequent month in Newark, New Jersey … his hometown. He was 80.
RIP
