It is Cult Faction’s sad duty to report that actor Scott Wilson has passed away in Los Angeles due to complications from leukemia. He was 76 years old.

Wilson played Hershel Greene in The Walking Dead and appeared on the big and small screen in many roles including In the Heat of the Night, In Cold Blood, The Great Gatsby, Dead Man Walking, Pearl Harbor, Junebug, The Oa, The Right Stuff, Judge Dredd, The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, and Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.

The Walking Dead‘s official Instagram account posted a statement in remembrance of Wilson:

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Scott will be remembered as a great actor and an even better person. The character he embodied on The Walking Dead, Hershel, lived at the emotional core of the show. Our hearts go out to his wife, family, friends and to the millions of fans who loved him.

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