Beloved Childhood TV Personality Passes Away at 42

Floyd Roger Myers, Jr., an actor known for his appearances in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Jacksons: An American Dream, has died. He was 42.

The actor died of a heart attack in his Maryland home early Wednesday morning, Oct. 29, his mother, Renee Trice told TMZ. Trice shared that she last spoke to her son just hours before he died.

Myers had previously experienced three heart attacks in the last three years, Trice told the outlet.

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Throughout his years as a child star, Myers first appeared as a young Will Smith in a season 3 episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air that aired in 1992. Later that year, he starred as a young Marlon Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream, a TV movie about the famous Jackson family’s rise to musical stardom.

Myers also appeared in an episode of The WB’s Young Americans in 2000.

In his personal life, the late actor was a father of four, according to a GoFundMe launched by his sister, Tyree Trice, to cover funeral expenses.

The actor also co-founded The Fellaship Mens Group, which aims to empower men to “lead, heal & thrive,” per its Instagram page.