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Actor Michael Wright of ‘The Five Heartbeats’ Dies, Wife Leads Tributes
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What happenedHis wife, Susan Wright, shared news of his death with an "unimaginable heaviness in my heart.".
The headline splitThe center frames it as "Actor Michael Wright of ‘The Five Heartbeats’ Dies, Wife Leads Tributes". The right frames it as "‘The Five Heartbeats’ star Michael Wright dead at 70 after suffering heart failure".
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CenterActor Michael Wright of ‘The Five Heartbeats’ Dies, Wife Leads Tributes
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Right / center-right‘The Five Heartbeats’ star Michael Wright dead at 70 after suffering heart failure
‘The Five Heartbeats’ star Michael Wright dead at 70 after suffering heart failure
His wife, Susan Wright, paid tribute to the late actor in a statement announcing his death, remembering him as an “extraordinary artist whose work touched generations.”
