Omari was on set, when he received the text message about Charlie’s passing:

“I got a text from Nile Rogers- who was doing publicity for us back then- and I KNEW it..in my spirit, I knew it. …And when I got the text, I knew that was somebody calling about Charlie.”

He continued:

“I did not know that he had cancer, but I knew that he was sick. By the time we had finished the season, I was like, ‘He’s sick.'”

Fortunately for Omari Hardwick, he doesn’t have to feel guilty about the fight scene with Charlie Murphy. Given Charlie’s strong, fighter spirit up until the end of his life, he probably would not have wanted that Power fight scene to go down any other way.

Charlie Murphy was a prideful man, who never wanted anyone to treat him any differently than the next man. May he continue to rest in power.