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Michael Wright, known for the film \u201cThe Five Heartbeats\u201d and the TV series \u201cV,\u201d has died at 70, his wife announced.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is with profound sadness and an unimaginable heaviness in my heart that I share the passing of my beloved husband, Michael Wright,\u201d his wife, Susan Wright, said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n

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He died Wednesday at UCI Medical Center in California with his wife and their children by his side, his wife told NBC News.<\/p>\n

Wright died peacefully following complications from Marchiafava- Bignami disease, a rare degenerative neurological condition he was diagnosed with in 2015, and complications from heart failure, the family said.<\/p>\n

Susan Wright remembered him as a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend and \u201can extraordinary artist whose work touched generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMany knew and loved him through The Five Heartbeats, The Wanderers, V, The Principal, Streamers, and the many other characters he brought to life throughout his remarkable career,\u201d she said. \u201cHis talent, presence, and contributions to film and television will live on, but to those of us who loved him personally, he was so much more than the roles the world knew him for.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The family asked for privacy and said further details on plans to honor the actor would be shared in the coming days. \u201cWe understand how much Michael meant to so many people, and we are grateful for the love, prayers, memories, and condolences already being shared,\u201d Susan Wright said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael, your work will live forever, but your love will live even longer in the hearts of those who knew you best. Rest peacefully, my love. You will be missed beyond words,\u201d his wife wrote.<\/p>\n

Born in New York City, Wright made his screen debut in 1979 in \u201cThe Wanderers,\u201d about a teenage gang in the Bronx. He starred in the 1983 film \u201cStreamers,\u201d for which he and the rest of the ensemble cast shared the best actor award at that year\u2019s Venice Film Festival.<\/p>\n

He rose to fame in the 1980s playing resistance fighter Elias Taylor in the sci-fi series \u201cV,\u201d and later took on the role of inmate Omar White in HBO\u2019s gritty prison drama \u201cOz\u201d in the early 2000s. He remains best known, however, for playing Eddie King Jr. in the 1991 musical drama \u201cThe Five Heartbeats,\u201d according to his IMDb profile.<\/p>\n

Wright is survived by Susan Wright; his daughter, Manon Wright; and his stepchildren, Byron, Brittney, Brea and Sir Barr.<\/p>\n

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