Fred Berry

Fred Allen Berry (19 Maret 1951 – 21 Oktober 2003) adalah seorang aktor dan penari jalanan Amerika. Dia terkenal karena peran Fred "Rerun" Stubbs di acara televisi tahun 1970-an What's Happening!! Sebelum membintangi What's Happening!! dia adalah anggota grup tari The Lockers yang berbasis di Los Angeles, dengan siapa dia muncul di episode ketiga Saturday Night Live. Dia juga muncul di acara musik dansa Soul Train, dan tampil dalam segmen tari garis khas program tersebut dengan melakukan langkah tari awal tahun 1970-an yang berkesan "slo-mo". Dia mengulangi perannya sebagai Rerun dalam serial What's Happening Now!! tapi hanya tampil di acara itu selama satu musim. Berry meminta lebih banyak uang daripada pemeran lainnya (percaya bahwa dialah alasan orang-orang menontonnya). Janda Berry, Essie Berry, mengatakan kepada majalah Urbanite di Georgia State University bahwa keengganan mereka untuk membayar hak Fred Berry di kedua pertunjukan tersebut menyebabkan pembatalan awal mereka. Selama tahun 1990-an, Berry menjadi pendeta Baptis dan kehilangan berat badannya sebanyak 100 pon setelah didiagnosis menderita diabetes tipe 2. Berry menikah lima kali dengan empat wanita berbeda, yang pertama dinikahinya dua kali. Pada tanggal 21 Oktober 2003, Berry meninggal di rumahnya di Los Angeles, tempat dia dalam masa pemulihan dari stroke. Dia dimakamkan di Forest Lawn Memorial Park di Hollywood Hills Los Angeles.

Fred Allen Berry (March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003) was an American actor and street dancer. He was best known for the role of Fred "Rerun" Stubbs on the 1970s television show What's Happening!! Before starring on What's Happening!! he was a member of the Los Angeles-based dance troupe The Lockers, with whom he appeared on the third episode of Saturday Night Live. He also appeared on the dance music show Soul Train, and was featured in the program's signature line dance segment doing the memorable early 1970s dance step "the slo-mo". He reprised his role as Rerun in the series What's Happening Now!! but was only on the show for one season. Berry asked for more money than the rest of the cast (believing he was the reason people tuned in). Berry's widow, Essie Berry, told Urbanite magazine at Georgia State University that their unwillingness to pay Fred Berry his due in both shows led to their early cancellations. During the 1990s, Berry became a Baptist minister and lost 100 lbs after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Berry was married five times to four different women, the first of whom he married twice. On October 21, 2003, Berry died at his Los Angeles home, where he was recovering from a stroke. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles.