A few days after the death of the actor Andre Broguer, at the age of 61, his press secretary provided additional information. Jennifer Allen reported on Thursday that the American actor, the hero of the series “Brooklyn 9-9” and “The Killing”, died of lung cancer.

On Monday, she limited herself to referring to a “short illness” without giving further details. The New York Times reported Thursday that the disease was only diagnosed a few months ago.

As noted by The Guardian, Andre Broger was very discreet about his private life, writes News.ro. Indeed, many of the reactions of his Brooklyn 9-9 co-stars suggested that they were unaware of his illness. In 2014, The New York Times Magazine wrote that the actor “stopped drinking and smoking years ago.”

Born in 1962 in Chicago, Andre Braugher had his last hit on Brooklyn 9-9, playing Raymond Holt, the stoic captain of this NYPD sitcom that ran from 2013 to 2021.

But thanks to the TV series “The Killing” he gained worldwide fame in the late 1990s. This drama won him the Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 1998.

He was married to Amy Brabson, who also starred in Homicide: Life on the Street, and has three children.

He began his career as a detective in the TV series “Kojak” in the late 1980s, and played several police and military roles during his career. Andre Braguer’s credits include City of Angels, Frequency, Poseidon, Primal Fear, Duets, The Mist, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Salt and The Gambler. ” and more recently “She Said” by Maria Schroeder.