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Veteran Comedian Taylor Negron Dies At 57 After Losing Battle With Cancer, Stars Such As Ben Stiller Paid Respects Via Twitter

Jan 12, 2015 11:52 PM EST | By Staff Reporter

Actor and comedian Taylor Negron had died on January 10 at the young age of 57, giving out to a fight with cancer. The most unfortunate news was announced by "Three Dog Night" band member and the veteran's cousin, Chuck Negron, via a YouTube message.

According to Chuck who emotionally revealed in the clip the death of his family meber, "I want to inform you that my cousin Taylor Negron just passed away. His mother, his brother Alex, my brother Rene, and his wife were all there with him. May he rest in peace. I just wanted all you people who knew him and loved him to know that he just passed."

Brad Stephen Negron is known professionally as Taylor Negron. He was an American playwright, actor, painter as well as a stand-up comedian. Negron's career has been very impressive as he was in the acting scene for four decades with a whopping 130 acting credits to his name.

Negron's had appeared in several hit movies such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" in 1982, "Easy Money" in 1983, "Punchline" in 1984, "The Last Boy Scout" in 1991, "Angels in the Outfield" in 1994, and "Stuart Little" in 1999.

The veteran comedian had also appeared with guest roles on a number of hit TV shows like "Friends", "Seinfeld", "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", "Hope & Gloria", "ER", Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's "So Little Time", "That's So Raven", as well as "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

Not only is Negron fully capable on screen, he is also a respected comic who usually appeared at L.A.'s "Un-Cabaret" which is a monologue comedy show. According to "Deadline", the comedian also loved painting and was also on the

board of LACMA. He had recently released a solo exhibit named "Snow Paintings."

Following the news of his death, several actors as well as comedians had paid their respects. They took to Twitter their messaged to the veteran comedian, took to Twitter to pay their respects. One of them is Ben Stiller who had worked with Negron on "The Ben Stiller Show" who wrote, "Taylor Negron was a very smart, funny caring individual with a unique comedic voice. #RESPECT."

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