We remember entertainer Nipsey Russell, who died Sunday at age 80 of cancer. The stand-up comic was a familiar face on variety, talk and game shows for many years, and starred as the Tin Man in the ...

Looking for a sure way to get a laugh? Go online and search two words: Nipsey Russell. Born in Atlanta, Russell began performing at the age of six. He got his start as a comedian after World War II ...

With the passing of Nipsey Russell, the jolly fellow who played the Tin Man in The Wiz, we may be reaching the end of an era. He was 80 when he succumbed to cancer in a hospital in New York early last ...

Nipsey Russell said he never intended to be a poet, but his witty poems were part of millions of Americans’ afternoons during the 1970s. While he played the Tin Man alongside Diana Ross and Michael ...