OMG! The “Cosby Daddy’s” COUSIN Is A Famous R&B SINGER With A Sultry Voice

Posted On : March 2, 2017
NEW YORK - MAY 18: Earle Hyman attends the 54th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards at Webster Hall on May 18, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)
(Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

Some of you may recall how “Russell Huxtable” used to oftentimes quote Shakespeare at random whenever he was trying to give some of his wise advice. Turns out, he was no stranger to Shakespeare at all and that the Cosby writers used to write those lines specifically with Earle in mind. They knew he knew Shakespeare like the back of his hand. That’s what he’d studied since the age of 13 and performed over 500 times in theatrical plays. He developed a huge following in Norway because of this and even earned the prestigious Medal of St. Olav for his theatrical stage work there.
Earle Hyman also spent so many years in Norway after The Cosby Show, that he became a fluent speaker of the Norwegian language. Below, he briefly talks about how Shakespeare became his ticket up out of the hood.

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FYI: Earle Hyman may not have been a singer like his cousin, Phyllis, but he still put his voice to use in a different way. He was the voice of “Panthro” on the popular 90’s cartoon, Thundercats.

And there you have it people! We learn something new everyday around here.

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