Renauld White, history-making model and 'Guiding Light' actor, dead at 80

Renauld White, a trailblazing model and actor best known for his role in the soap opera “Guiding Light,” has died. He was 80.Kiefer Sutherland says he didn’t know late dad Donald Sutherland until he was 15

“It is with tremendous sadness that I report that my dearest friend and work colleague RENAULD WHITE, left us yesterday,” Banks wrote.“Modeling for me from the very start of my career RENAULD was always the perfect gentleman and a great ambassador for my brand,” he continued. “When first introduced to my Mother she claimed instantly that he was my ‘older brother.’ I only wished that was so.”

“There were very few Black models at the time. He really broke barriers,” Banks said about White to WWD, adding, “When they had a party for him in Newark for his 50-year anniversary in the fashion industry, he was very proud of the progress and how he opened the doors for other people.”“I wanted to bring about change. I really confronted the establishment about why there were not more Black male images,” he said at the time, per WWD.

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