Actor Bill Cobbs dead at 90: reports

(KTLA) – Seasoned character actor Bill Cobbs died on Tuesday in Riverside, California, multiple outlets reported. He had recently turned 90 years old.

TMZ cited Cobbs' publicist Chuck I. Jones as the source of the news that the Emmy Award winner had passed. The news was also confirmed by PEOPLE magazine.

Cobbs' brother, Thomas Cobbs, told TMZ that pneumonia is the suspected cause of death.