With the passing of Nipsey Russell, the jolly fellow who played the Tin Man in The Wiz, we may be reaching the end of an era. He was 80 when he succumbed to cancer in a hospital in New York early last ...

Nipsey Russell said he never intended to be a poet, but his witty poems were part of millions of Americans’ afternoons during the 1970s. While he played the Tin Man alongside Diana Ross and Michael ...

We remember entertainer Nipsey Russell, who died Sunday at age 80 of cancer. The stand-up comic was a familiar face on variety, talk and game shows for many years, and starred as the Tin Man in the ...

Comedian and actor Nipsey Russell died Sunday of cancer in New York. He was 81. Russell’s first major role was as Officer Anderson on the early-1960s sitcom “Car 54, Where Are You?” He’s also known ...

My grandma introduced me to comedy. She introduced me to what she thought was funny. My mom, she played a lot of albums and stuff in the house, but my grandma would give me these VHS tapes. And if you ...