United Kingdom, Aug. 22 -- Michael Wright, the actor best known for his searing performance as troubled singer Eddie King Jr. in The Five Heartbeats, has died aged 70.

After a screen career spanning nearly five decades, Michael died in Los Angeles on Wednesday, August 19, after suffering heart failure alongside complications from Marchiafava-Bignami disease, a rare degenerative neurological condition, his family told TMZ.

His death emerged on Saturday (22.08.26) and was announced publicly by his wife, Susan Wright, who paid tribute to an "extraordinary artist whose work touched generations".

She added in a statement on Instagram: "His talent, presence, and contributions to film and television will live on, but to those of us who loved ...