Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Andre Braugher died of lung cancer, says publicist

Emmy-winning actor, who starred in Homicide: Life on the Street and revealed little about his private life, died at age 61

Andre Braugher died from lung cancer, a representative said Thursday.

When the Emmy-winning actor who starred in the series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Homicide: Life on the Street died Monday at age 61, his representatives said only that he had been through a brief illness, but his publicist Jennifer Allen gave the cause on Thursday.