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Wayne Alton Davis, actor best known for starring in the series wonderful mrs maiselHas died after being hit by a car in New York City. She was 60 years old.
According to an NYPD report, a black 2023 Cadillac XT6 was making a left turn at West 53rd Street and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan when it struck Davis at 9 p.m. Monday.
Police said in a statement that Davis suffered “serious head and body injuries.”
The statement continued: “EMS responded and transported [Davis] Mount Sinai West, where he was pronounced dead.
“The operator of the 2023 Cadillac XT6 remained at the scene and was not injured as a result of the collision,” police said. “No arrests have been made at this time, and the investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad.”
Davis’ representatives confirmed the actor’s death to CBS News, and said Davis had been out to dinner with friends and was riding the E train to his home in Forest Hills, Queens, when the accident occurred.
Davis was best known for her role in season five of the Amazon Prime hit series The wonderful Mrs. Maisel, Portrait of a police officer. Davis’s last episode, which aired in 2023, marked his last on-screen appearance.
Born Wendy Davis in October 1965 in Durham, North Carolina, she used the name Wayne Alton Davis in acting roles.
Davis’ agent Jamie Harris said that after moving to New York at the age of 20, she lived in Forest Hills, Queens and did stand-up comedy before turning to acting. the new York Times,
Harris said Davis “had a great love for New York, for acting, for his colleagues at JFK, and most of all, for his family and his group of friends, which was very large.”
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Davis’s other acting credits include the medical drama series new amsterdamplaying a carpenter in netflix girls5eva and as a driver in the 2015 thriller American odyssey.