- Signed a sitcom deal with the FX network shortly before he died.
- He was named after Patrice Lumumba and Malcolm X.
- Was a star football player in high school but quit football in college to major in theatre arts.
- After working on 25th Hour (2002), Spike Lee offered him a holding deal but he turned it down.
- Suffered a stroke on October 19, 2011.
- He prefers his name spelled without the apostrophe.
- Survived by his fiancée Von Decarlo, her daughter Amilyom, a sister Zinder, and his mother Georgia.
- Had two dogs: Gladys, a poodle, and Dude, a Westie.
- Attended Northeastern University but did not graduate.
- He is a diabetic.
- His agent was Matt Frost.
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