R.I.P. Michael Wright: ‘The Five Heartbeats’ and ‘Sugar Hill’ Actor Dead at 70

Michael Wright, the actor who starred as Eddie King Jr. in The Five Heartbeats and appeared in Sugar Hill, V, The Principal, Streamers and HBO’s Oz, has died. He was 70. Wright died Wednesday, August 19, in Los Angeles after suffering heart failure and complications from the degenerative neurological disease Marchiafava-Bignami, according to a statement from his family provided to TMZ. His wife, Susan Wright, shared the news Friday evening in an Instagram post. “It is with profound sadness and an unimaginable heaviness in my heart that I share the passing of my beloved husband, Michael Wright,” her statement read. Born April 30, 1956, in New York City, Wright appeared in more than 50 movies and TV shows over the course of his career. Among his film credits were The Wanderers, Streamers and