Actor Bert Belasco dies at age 38 while in a required hotel quarantine ahead of a project he was set to start… with the cause believed to be ‘a fatal aneurysm’
Actor Burt Belasco has died at the age of 38.
The Let’s Stay Together star may have ‘suffered a fatal aneurysm’ while in quarantine at a hotel in Richmond, Virginia, according to TMZ.
The circumstances surrounding his death as unclear, but there was ‘blood on the sheets,’ the outlet reported.
RIP: Actor Burt Belasco has died at the age of 38; pictured on December 11, 2010 in LA at the BET Celebration of Gospel at Orpheum Theatre
Bert was found on Sunday after his girlfriend asked hotel staff to check on him, because she was unable to get a hold of him.
His father Bert Sr. believes his son suffered ‘a fatal aneurysm’ but the family is awaiting autopsy results.
Bert was required to quarantine at the hotel before he could come on set for a project he was set to start, according to TMZ.
According to his IMDB page, his short film Paralyzed was in pre production, but it is unknown if that was the project he was set to work on.
The latest: The circumstances surrounding his death as unclear, but there was ‘blood on the sheets,’ the outlet reported; pictured June 29, 2013 at the BET Experience at LA Live
He is best known for his roles in the films Pitch (2016), Justified (2010) and WTF: World Thumbwrestling Federation (2017).
He also starred on the BET series Let’s Stay Together as Charles Whitmore from 2011 until 2014.
Bert also starred in the series Pitch in 2016 as Sonny Evers and also I’m Dying Up Here as Rene Beerness in 2019.
Bert graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2005 with a degree in theater.
He starred several plays during his time at SIUC including: ‘Home by Segun Ojewuyi, The Greenbird and Parade.
Bert also took part in Second City in Chicago as well as TVI Actors Studio Summer Institute in LA with a master class with David Aulicino.
He is also known for starring in the famous Betty White Super Bowl commercial for Snickers