Michael Wright, Eddie King Jr. in 'The Five Heartbeats,' dies at 70

Michael Wright, who played lead vocalist Eddie King Jr. in Robert Townsend's 1991 cult film The Five Heartbeats, has died at 70. Wright died in Los Angeles on 19 August from heart failure and complications of Marchiafava-Bignami, a rare degenerative neurological disease. His wife, Susan Wright, announced the death on Instagram on 21 August, per Variety.