Lamont Bentley

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Lamont Bentley (* 25. October 1973 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin as Artimus Lamont Bentley , † 19th January 2005 in California ) was an American actor and rapper .

Career

Bentley was born Artimus Lamont Bentley in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but grew up in Los Angeles as his mother Loyce was trying to start her career as a singer in Hollywood. Bentley began his career as a child actor, starring in commercials and as a guest actor on television series, before landing a role on the short-lived sitcom South Central , which featured Jennifer Lopez and Shar Jackson , in 1994.

South Central's creator Ralph Farquhar hired Bentley to star in the sitcom Moesha , which aired for six seasons on UPN . After Moesha's demise, Bentley also began working as a rapper for the first time and joined Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg in the hip-hop movie The Wash . That same year he played rapper Tupac Shakur in the television-produced MC Hammer biopic Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story .

death

On the morning of January 19, 2005, Bentley died in a car accident south of Ventura County, California . He was driving on Highway 118 near the Simi Valley (about 29 miles northwest of Los Angeles) when his vehicle swerved off the road at high speed and rolled down an embankment. Bentley was thrown out of the car and flew onto a roadway, where he was run over by five different cars and succumbed to his fatal injuries. He left his two daughters Artesia and Brazil.

Filmography

  • 1995: Tales from the Hood
  • 1996-2001: Moesha
  • 1997: A Day in the Life of Mia
  • 1999: The Breaks
  • 2001: Gabriela
  • 2001: The Wash
  • 2004: Shards
  • 2005: The Last Tenant ( The Tenants )
  • 2007: A Day in the Life

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Moesha star dies in car crash ( Memento from July 11, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )

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personal data
SURNAME Bentley, Lamont
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentley, Artimus Lamont
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and singer
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Milwaukee , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 2005
Place of death California