. “I lost my best friend today. They say you shouldn’t ever meet your heroes because they don’t turn out to be who you thought they were. That is so wrong. My hero was my father. Thank you for everything. I hope I made you proud. Love you more.”Born in Omaha on June 26, 1943, Beasley, the eldest of five, wouldn’t launch his acting career until the mid-80s at 45 years old
. Following the family tradition, Beasley joined the army after high school but met his future wife of nearly 60 years, Judy Gardner, while visiting his sister in Ohama. The couple moved to Philadelphia in the late 60s. “I’ve seen the rough side of life, where I thought maybe I might not make it out alive,” Beasley
said, “but I always did. It’s always turned out. But you’ve got to stay the course and believe it will work out.” Over the next few decades, Beasley worked as a janitor, a machine operator, a Philadelphia TV producer, an independent jitney driver, a longshoreman, a player on a semi-pro football team, and as a
, before he began taking drama classes at the University of Nebraska in the 70s. However, it wasn’t until 1989 that he landed his first onscreen role, playing a Henchman in the Joe Spinell action movie, starring opposite Oprah Winfrey on four episodes of the miniseries
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