


His last film role when he was alive was in a TV movie called Go, Bolivia, Go! as Commissioner Morocco, and he was also Sam in a 2012 episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Unfortunately, James Avery passed away in 2013 from complications of open-heart surgery. And he is by far my favorite character on the show. He was once a lawyer, but eventually became a judge. But he also cared deeply for him, taking him in as his own and being like a father to him. Philip was the stern, protective poppa of the Banks family, and often got annoyed by Will’s antics. Last but certainly not least is the patriarch of the family, Philip Banks. Her most recent contribution was a single for the album Music to Inspire: Artists United Against Human Trafficking with the song, “Ghost Town” back in 2017. Her debut album, which came out in 1998 called Kiss the Sky, went gold, and she released Hello in 2014. Her music career has also stayed buoyant. She also acted as a spokesperson for Barack Obama during his 2008 Presidential run, doing a rock the vote sort of thing at campuses to get young people to the polls. And in 2013, she also was in the BET comedy, Second Generation Wayans alongside Craig Wayans and Damien Dante Wayans. Tatyana Ali continued acting from 2007-2013 on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless as the character, Roxanne. In the last episode, she moved out of California and went to New York with Hilary. Will always made sure that she didn’t stray too far to dark side. When she got older, she dropped the good girl attitude and got a little rebellious, but it never got too bad. She looked up to him and liked to walk in his footsteps since he wasn’t as uptight or stuffy as her brother, Carton, or her sister, Hilary. Ashley Banks was always Will’s closet cousin.
