Actor Clarence Williams Dies at 81 - Atlanta Tribune

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Actor Clarence Williams Dies at 81 - Atlanta Tribune

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Main cast photo from the television program The Mod Squad when the series premiered in 1968. Pictured are Peggy Lipton (Julie Barnes), Michael Cole (Pete Cochran) and Clarence Williams III (Lincoln Hayes) Actor Clarence Williams III, who starred as Lincoln Hayes on the countercultural ABC drama, […]

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