"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum Floyd Rogers Myers Jr., who appeared on the hit show as a child, has died. He was 42. The Jacksons: An American Dream actor suffered a heart attack at his Maryland home early Wednesday, his mother, Renee Trice, confirmed to TMZ. This was the fourth in a string of heart attacks over the past three years, according to Trice."
"The Daily News has reached out to Smith for comment. Later that year, Myers appeared as Marlon Jackson, ages 7 to 9, in Parts I and II of The Jacksons: An American Dream. The Emmy-winning miniseries about the Jackson family also starred Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs as patriarch Joe Jackson, Angela Bassett as matriarch Katherine Jackson as well as Holly Robinson Peete, Terrence Howard, Billy Dee Williams and Vanessa Williams."
Floyd Rogers Myers Jr. died at 42 after suffering a heart attack at his Maryland home early Wednesday, confirmed by his mother, Renee Trice. The heart attack was the fourth in a string over the past three years. Myers worked as a child actor, portraying the younger version of Will Smith in the 1992 Fresh Prince episode Will Gets Committed. Later in 1992 he portrayed Marlon Jackson, ages 7 to 9, in Parts I and II of The Jacksons: An American Dream. Myers' last screen credit was as a student in the 2000 series Young Americans.
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