Everyone reacts differently to celebrity deaths. Some may think feeling genuine loss for someone you've never met is strange, but this one hit me like a ton of bricks. It's a crushing loss.
Last night, I slept at my sister's house since my mom's in town and found out this horrible news as I opened up Instagram on the downstairs toilet and saw Terry Crews' post around 9:30 pm.
My immediate reactions and a later tribute to one of Andre Braugher's best scenes as Captain Raymond Holt.
There are a lot of blind spots in my deep wealth of pop culture knowledge, but I didn't know who Andre Braugher was until I started watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine this summer. Now, only a few months later, I'm devastated by his death. It's so fucking sad. I can't believe he's gone. What an incredible talent and an even better person from everything I had read and watched. He was only 61 years old and leaves behind a wife and four children. **Insert obligatory line about deaths around my parent's ages hitting harder**
Although I was super late to the party, I more than made up for it with the amount of Brooklyn Nine-Nine I watched this summer. It became a comfort show for me. As soon as I finished it, I started it over. Nearly every night, I fall asleep to a YouTube playlist, and the "NINE-NINE" one I curated is a go-to. I cannot recommend Brooklyn Nine-Nine enough if you haven't seen it.
Captain Holt truly is one of my favorite characters from any show I've ever watched. He's my Peacock Avi. The man is an (gay) icon. You can't help but love him (and the entire cast, but Holt was the best. Sorry, Andy, but it was his show).
Holt's growth from a hard-ass robot to everybody's dad was beautiful and important. He's a borderline perfect human animal. His inflections were immaculate. The humor was so absurd and niche and had no business being so funny. He could bring a grown man to his knees in laughter. There are too many hysterical lines to count. I won't regurgitate Wikipedia, but Braugher was much more than Captain Raymond Holt. His career spanned five decades in TV, movies, and theater. In 1998, he won an Emmy for his role in Homicide: Life on the Street. Without Wiki, I knew he was classically trained, which is probably why Holt hits you on many different levels. I will have to dive deeper into his filmography, but I am heartbroken by this news. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones.
Rest in Peace, ​Andre Braugher. Goodbye, Captain Holt, time to terrorize Wuntch in Heaven.
"Every time someone stands up and says who they are, the world becomes a better, more interesting place" -Captain Raymond Holt
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