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12:27 p.m. – Atlanta PDA told TMZ … The cops responded to the call of the injured man at 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Byrd was presumed to be unresponsive, and emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead in the back of a multiple-gun shotgun.
We have been told that the murder investigators are investigating.
Thomas Jefferson Bird – which appeared many Spike Lee Joints – have been murdered in Atlanta … according to Spike himself.
Lee says … “I am deeply saddened to announce the tragic murder of our beloved brother Thomas Jefferson Byrd last night in Atlanta, Georgia.” Spike shared a photo of Thomas as Errol Barnes in his 1995 film “Clockers”.
“With Clockers,” Byrd also appeared in “Get on the Bus,” “Bamboozled,” “He’s Got Game,” “Red Hook Summer,” “Chi-Ruck,” and more.
He was also a successful theater actor, nominated for Best Actor at Broadway’s 2003 Tony Awards for his revival of August Wilson’s “Mae Rainy Black Bottom”.
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He has starred in a number of regional stage productions, including the San Diego Repertory Theater’s “Spunk” award-winning performance.
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Originally published – 12:13 PM PT
