LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 17: Waymond Lee attends the Stephen Kramer Glickman Birthday … [+] celebration at CinePacks Studios on March 17, 2023 in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jody Cortes/Getty Images for ABA)
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Waymond Lee, the actor best known for appearing in Comedy Central’s Workaholics as Waymond Womano (aka Old Way Way), died on December 18 following complications from ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). He was 72. According to TMZ, Lee was in the hospital for under one week before he passed away with his wife by his side.
Workaholics, which aired from aired from 2011 to 2017, followed three slacker friends (Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine and Anders Holm) navigating adulthood at a telemarketing company.
Born March 7, 1952 in Los Angeles, Waymond Lee’s work, per IMDb, consists of over 150 appearances (mostly uncredited) in television and film. His TV spots include series like Journeyman, My Name is Earl, The Shield, Bones, Desperate Housewives, House, CSI: NY, Grey’s Anatomy, Luck, Parks and Recreation, Shameless, Veep, Superstore and Lucifer. His film appearances include Bullet Train, Iron Man 2, My Name Is Khan, and the Oscar-winning Everything Everywhere All At Once. And he also appeared in numerous music videos for performers such as Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Ne-Yo, Ed Sheeran and Pharell.