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  • Nelsan Ellis’ Family Opens Up Revealing Circumstances Surrounding The Actor’s Death

    Nelsan Ellis’ Family Opens Up Revealing Circumstances Surrounding The Actor’s Death

    The death of Nelsan Ellis due to heart failure robbed the movie industry of one of its finest talents. The actor will be greatly missed for being gentle, generous and above all a kind soul. The top medical practitioners pointed to the alcohol withdrawal complications as one of the causes.

    Ellis starred in HBO’s True Blood as Lafayette Reynolds. His character was depicted as someone that was struggling with drug and alcohol abuse for a large chunk of his life. It was indeed sad that the actor’s death wasn’t far from such a battle.

    Emily Gerson Saines, who used to be the manager of the renowned actor, is much trusted by his family. Ellis’ family has settled on Emily to disclose matters surrounding the death of the actor. From the family’s revelations, Ellis died on Saturday, with the cited cause being heart failure.

    It was a death that sparked great emotion among fellow actors, his huge fan base and above all the family members who loved him very much. He died at a very tender age and the industry lost a top talent that it hadn’t yet reached its full potential, according to Hollywood Reporter.

    The family, as a matter of fact, has got no ill-intentions to tarnish the good name of the late top actor. However, it wishes to extend its hand to all the people that are going through similar struggles.

    It is the reason they chose to reveal the circumstances surrounding the death of the celebrity. After struggling for quite a long period of time with alcohol, the family had taken Nelsan to a rehab center. His withdrawal from alcohol poised more complications, such as blood infection, a swollen liver and kidney shut down.

    HBO did not hesitate to comment on the actor’s death. In a statement, it outlined, “We were extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Nelsan Ellis. Nelsan was a longtime member of the HBO family whose groundbreaking portrayal of Lafayette will be remembered fondly within the overall legacy of True Blood. Nelsan will be dearly missed by his fans and all of us at HBO.“

  • Nelsan Ellis’ Death Shocks The True Blood Stars And Other Top Celebrities

    Nelsan Ellis’ Death Shocks The True Blood Stars And Other Top Celebrities

    When Emily Gerson Saines, Nelsan Ellis’ manager made the confirmation that the top actor had indeed died, a lot of people were left shocked. In fact, some others are till now struggling to swallow the bitter truth, but anyway it has already happened and nothing can be done about it.

    The most shaken by the sad news was of course Nelsan Ellis’ True Blood families who according to sources have continuously grieved since the time they received the sad news. Kristin Bauer van Straten, Stephen Moyer and Deborah Ann Woll, Anna Paquin all took to social media to share their grief. The widely renowned actor is said to have succumbed to heart failure.

    The cast of True Blood was a one of a kind show that will go down the industry’s records as one of the most amazing and entertaining ones. Paquin was featured and he was playing out his role as Sookie Stackhouse. In different instances he also shared scenes with Ellis’ Lafayette.

    While speaking to a number of top news reporters, Paquin said, “It was an utter privilege to work with the phenomenally talented and deeply kind soul. “I’m devastated by his untimely death.”

    On the other hand, Moyer took to twitter outlining that Nelsan Ellis was a remarkable person. According to the celebrity, Nelsan was brilliant, intelligent, charismatic, soulful and above all a wonderful dude. It was a tragic death that left a lot of people devastated and he will surely be missed for a long time to come according to Ew.

     Woll is greatly renowned for having acted out the role of Jessica on the HBO vampire drama and through twitter she outlined that this was heartbreaking. Michael McMillian described the actor as a genius and that he had a beautiful soul. He gave his condolences wishing the family the very best as they go through this heartbreaking and painful moment.

    Manganiello and Bauer chose Twitter to express their uttermost grief. They described the actor as someone with a good heart who accommodated people from all walks of life.