It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to announce that Hero of Cult Bernie Casey has  passed away at the age of 78 years old. The former American football star turned actor passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles after a brief illness, his talent agent Erin Connor said.

Through his many roles, Casey will be remembered by me as the Lambda Lambda Lambda President U.N. Jefferson in Revenge of the Nerds and John Slade in Keenan Ivory Wayans’ Blaxploitation parody I’m Gonna Git You Sucka.