Full Text of SR0733 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Nelsan Ellis, who passed away on July 8, | 4 | | 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Nelsan Ellis was born in Harvey on November 30, | 6 | | 1977 and moved to Bessemer, Alabama at the age of six; he | 7 | | returned to Illinois at the age of 14, where he attended | 8 | | Thornridge High School in Dolton; in 2004, he earned a Bachelor | 9 | | of Fine Arts degree from Juilliard's prestigious drama | 10 | | division; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, While at Juilliard, Nelsan Ellis wrote a | 12 | | semi-autobiographical play entitled "Ugly", which was
| 13 | | performed at Juilliard and earned him a Martin E. Segal Award | 14 | | from the Lincoln Center; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, In 2007, Nelsan Ellis was cast as Lafayette | 16 | | Reynolds in the HBO series, "True Blood", a widely
popular show | 17 | | that ran for seven seasons and 80 episodes; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Nelsan Ellis's numerous other roles included | 19 | | Martin Luther King, Jr. in "Lee Daniels' The
Butler" and Bobby | 20 | | Byrd, a longtime friend of James Brown, in the biographical | 21 | | drama, "Get on Up"; he also held roles in "The Soloist", |
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| 1 | | "Secretariat", "The Help", "The Stanford Prison Experiment", | 2 | | and the
CBS detective series, "Elementary"; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Nelsan Ellis won numerous awards for his work as | 4 | | an actor, and was nominated for many more; he won
a Satellite | 5 | | Award from the International Press Academy in 2008; his | 6 | | nominations include a
Scream Award from Spike TV in 2009, an | 7 | | NAACP Image Award in 2011 and 2012, and a Black Reel Award from | 8 | | the Foundation for the Augmentation of African-Americans in | 9 | | Film in 2015; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Nelsan Ellis is survived by his son, grandmother, | 11 | | father, and seven siblings; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Nelsan Ellis was an acclaimed actor and playwright | 13 | | and a loving father and friend who will be
missed by all; his | 14 | | death was met with an overwhelming outpouring of condolences | 15 | | from friends
and fans around the world; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 18 | | Nelsan Ellis, and recognize his great contributions to the film | 19 | | and television industries; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to the family of Nelsan Ellis with our
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