Renuald White — a cleaning soap opera star who broke down limitations for Black individuals in modeling — has died … in keeping with one among his longtime associates.
Designer Jeffrey Banks revealed the information to Ladies’s Put on Each day — a well-liked vogue journal — Friday sharing that White died final week whereas below hospice care in Manhattan. He didn’t present a reason behind loss of life.
White rose to prominence by way of modeling within the Seventies … turning into simply the second Black mannequin to seem on the quilt of GQ in 1979 — two years after Urs Althaus.
He modeled for among the largest designers and publications through the years … together with working with Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Invoice Blass whereas showing on the quilt of Playboy in 1982.
White made the leap to appearing in 1986 … showing in a number of episodes of “Guiding Mild” as William Reynolds. He made a number of different appearances in TV and flicks through the years — most not too long ago starring within the 2017 horror film “Central Park.”
Banks remembers Renauld in an Instagram publish as “the right gentleman and an ideal ambassador for my model. When first launched to my Mom she claimed immediately that he was my ‘older brother.’ I solely wished that was so.”
White’s funeral might be held subsequent month in Newark, New Jersey … his hometown. He was 80.
RIP