Charlie Murphy Obituary

Charles Quinton Murphy was an American actor, comedian, voice artist, and writer. Murphy was known as a writer and cast member of the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series Chappelle's Show. He was the older brother of Eddie Murphy.

According to multiple sources, Murphy died in New-York city yesterday, april 12 2017 of leukemia. He was 57.

Murphy achieved renown as a writer and cast member of Comedy Central’s “Chappelle’s Show” in 2003-4. He is well-remembered for a series of skits, Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Stories, in which his tales of exploits with the likes of Prince and Rick James were dramatized.

After “Chappelle’s Show,” Murphy appeared in movies such as 2006’s “Night at the Museum” and 2007’s “Norbit,” which he co-wrote with his younger brother, Eddie Murphy. He also toured extensively as a stand-up comic and appeared in television shows including “The Boondocks,” “Are We There Yet,” and “Black Jesus.”

Murphy is survived by three children. His wife, Taylor Murphy proceded him in death in 2009, after she has a cervical cancer. The couple had two children together, and Murphy had another child from a previous relationship.