Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., known as Deebo, Has Passed Away

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HEART ATTACK......fukk not every goddamn thing is covid....smh, yall nikkas man

Actually, word is coming out now from his manager that he was experiencing covid symptoms.

He was having a hard time breathing and had to cancel movie shoots and even zoom interviews.
 

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Tommy Lister Had Recovered from COVID-19, But Feared He Would Test Positive Again Before His Death
Maria Pasquini
Sat, December 12, 2020, 12:45 PM PST
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Actor Tommy “Tiny” Lister tested positive for COVID-19 nearly four months before his death.

Lister, who died at the age of 62 on Thursday after having exhibited "COVID symptoms" for a week, was diagnosed with the virus earlier this year, his manager Cindy Cowan tells PEOPLE.

asn’t feeling right,” Cowan says. “He said, ‘I feel like I’m getting COVID again.’ ”

After the weekend went by and Lister was still “having a hard time breathing,” his manager told him that he needed to get tested. “I actually think he was really afraid to get tested again,” she adds, noting that she planned on taking him to the doctor on Thursday, "and then obviously Thursday never happened.”

“It’s remarkable and truly heartbreaking," she says. "All of us are kicking ourselves that we didn’t force him [to get tested] earlier.”

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Referencing an interview Lister did just days before his death, Cowan notes that the actor was hopeful about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

“He wanted to be one of the first ones to get the vaccine because he wanted to be able to get his life back to normal and be able to spend Christmas with his daughter. He was looking forward to that and he thought he’d be one of the first in line because he was in his 60s and had a pre-existing condition,” she says. “It’s so sad that he said that six days prior to passing.”

“He was an amazing man,” she adds. “He will definitely be missed.”

TMZ was first to report the news.

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Lister was found unresponsive at his apartment in California on Thursday and was pronounced dead at the scene, TMZ previously reported.

The actor kicked off his film career in the 1980s, appearing in movies such as Runaway Train and Beverly Hills Cop II. He later broke out as a film actor, playing the part of Deebo in the 1995 film Friday. He reprised the role for its 2000 sequel, Next Friday.
 

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RIP to Tiny Lister. shyt like this is why when you have something organic like the first Friday was you either leave it alone or do the last one years ago like they should have. Now not only will we never get a "Last Friday" i wouldn't want to see it anyway without Pops or Deebo in it.
 
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