00:00 Actor Andre Brouwer's cause of death has been revealed.
00:03 His rep has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter
00:05 that the actor had lung cancer.
00:07 Brouwer died Monday at age 61
00:09 after what his rep then said was a brief illness.
00:12 He starred on NBC's "Homicide Life on the Street"
00:14 for six seasons.
00:15 He later played the character Captain Raymond Holt
00:18 on the 2013 to 2021 Fox/NBC sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine."
00:22 Brouwer won his first Emmy in 1998
00:25 for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
00:27 for "Homicide Life on the Street."
00:29 After a season that featured
00:30 one of its most memorable episodes titled "Subway,"
00:33 he won his second Emmy for the 2006 FX miniseries "Thief."
00:37 Brouwer had been cast as the male lead
00:39 in a Netflix murder mystery series from Shonda Rhimes,
00:41 and had already completed filming many of his scenes.
00:44 It's unclear what the series will do after his death.
00:46 For more on this story and more on the life and career
00:49 of Andre Brouwer, as well as Hollywood tributes,
00:51 go to THR.com.
00:53 This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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