Fred Berry

Fred Berry Fred Berry actorjpg Born Fred Allen Berry March 19 1951 St Louis Missouri US Died October 21 2003 aged 52 Los Angeles California US Cause of death Stroke Diabetes Natural Causes Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills California US Occupation Actor street dancer Spouses Franchesska Berry 19761976 Franchesska Berry 19781980 Carol Ann Ross 19841991 Darlene Bitten 19941999 Essie Berry 19992003 Children DeShannon Berry1 Portia BerryAllen Fred Berry Jr From TVs Whats Happening 1977 Seated LR Fred Berry Ernest Lee Thomas and Haywood Nelson back to camera Standing Shirley Hemphill Fred Allen Berry March 19 1951 October 21 2003 was an American actor and street dancer He was best known for the role of Fred Rerun Stubbs on the 1970s television show Whats Happening Before starring on Whats Happening he was a member of the Los Angelesbased dance troupe The Lockers with whom he appeared on the third episode of Saturday Night Live He also appeared on the dance music show Soul Train and was featured in the programs signature line dance segment doing the memorable early 1970s dance step the slomo Whats Happening aired from 1976 to 1979 He reprised his role as Rerun in the series Whats Happening Now but he was only on that show for one season Berry asked for more money than the rest of the cast believing he was the reason people tuned in Berrys widow Essie Berry told Urbanite magazine at Georgia State University that their unwillingness to pay Fred Berry his due in both shows led to their early cancellations During the 1990s Berry became a Baptist minister and lost 100 lbs after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes Berry was married five times to four different women the first of whom he married twice On October 21 2003 Berry died at his Los Angeles home where he was recovering from a stroke He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles Filmography Hammer 1972 Whats Happening as Fred Rerun Stubbs 19761979 Battle of the Network Stars III as Himself 1977 Vice Squad as Sugar Pimp Dorsey 1982 A Stroke of Genius 1984 Alice one episode 1984 Whats Happening Now as Fred Rerun Stubbs 19851986 I Wonder Who Shes Seeing Now by The Temptations music video 1988 The Howard Stern Show 1992 In Living Color as Himself 1993 Martin 1993 one episode as Himself 1993 Murder Was the Case The Movie 1995 In the Hood 1998 Big Money Hustlas as Bootleg Greg 2000 The Freshest Kids A History of the BBoy as Himself 2001 Bum Runner 2002 Scrubs one episode as Fred Rerun Stubbs 2003 I Love the 70s as Himself 2003 Dickie Roberts Former Child Star as Himself 2003 In the Land of Merry Misfits 2005