{"id":19880,"date":"2026-05-29T12:48:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=19880"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:48:20","slug":"with-heavy-hearts-we-report-the-tragic-news-about-this-multi-talented-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=19880","title":{"rendered":"With heavy hearts, we report the tragic news about this multi-talented actor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Charles C. Stevenson Jr., best known as the warm, steady bartender Smitty on <em>Will &amp; Grace<\/em>, has died at 89 of natural causes. A veteran character actor with nearly four decades in Hollywood, he appeared in 12 episodes of the hit sitcom and built a long r\u00e9sum\u00e9 across film and TV, including <em>Men in Black<\/em>, <em>Ed Wood<\/em>, <em>The Naked Gun<\/em>, <em>The Office<\/em>, and <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Though rarely in leading roles, Stevenson was known for bringing quiet reliability and depth to every scene. His final <em>Will &amp; Grace<\/em> appearance aired in 2020, capping a career that made him one of Hollywood\u2019s most recognizable supporting actors. He is survived by his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Charles C. Stevenson Jr., best known as the warm, steady bartender Smitty on Will &amp; Grace, has died at 89 of natural causes. A veteran character actor with nearly four decades in Hollywood, he appeared in 12 episodes of the hit sitcom and built a long r\u00e9sum\u00e9 across film and TV, including Men in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19883,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19880\/revisions\/19883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}