Ron Cephas Jones, the Emmy-winning actor best known for playing William Hill on 'This Is Us,' has died. He was 66. A representative for the actor confirmed to PEOPLE on Saturday that Jones died due to a 'long-standing pulmonary issue.'
in 2021 that he privately battled chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and received a double lung transplant at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in 2020, where he was a patient for almost two months.on Broadway motivated him to make a speedy recovery.
“I don’t want to say a miracle, but I was very fortunate. I had great doctors. It still was a very difficult and arduous recovery. I’m recovering for the rest of my life,” Jones told the publication. “You don’t get new lungs and start running track. It’s a procedure that you have to constantly work on your body. Medication is involved and therapy.
"My whole life has been the stage," said Jones. "The idea of not performing again seemed worse to me than death."
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