Renuald White — a cleaning soap opera star who broke down obstacles for Black folks in modeling — has died … in line with one in every of his longtime pals.
Designer Jeffrey Banks revealed the information to Girls’s Put on Every day — a preferred trend journal — Friday sharing White died final week whereas below hospice care in Manhattan. He didn’t present a explanation for loss of life.
White rose to prominence through modeling within the Nineteen Seventies … turning into simply the second Black mannequin to seem on the quilt of GQ in 1979 — two years after Urs Althaus.
He modeled for a few of the largest designers and publications over time … together with working with Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Invoice Blass whereas showing on the quilt of Playboy in 1982.
White made the bounce to appearing in 1986 … showing in a number of episodes of “Guiding Gentle” as William Reynolds. He made a number of different appearances in TV and flicks over time — most lately starring within the 2017 horror film “Central Park.”
Banks remembers Renauld in an Instagram put up as “the proper gentleman and an ideal ambassador for my model. When first launched to my Mom she claimed immediately that he was my ‘older brother.’ I solely wished that was so.”
White’s funeral can be held subsequent month in his hometown Newark, New Jersey … his hometown. He was 80.
RIP
