Smyrl died Tuesday of lung cancer.
David Smyrl, an Emmy-winning actor most well-known for his role as Mr. Handford, who ran Hooper's Store on "Sesame Street," has died. He was 80.
Smyrl was diagnosed with lung cancer in January, said his wife, Cheryl Smyrl said in a statement to NBC Philadelphia. He died Tuesday at Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, outside of Philadelphia.
"He was funny," Cheryl said. "I could say so many good things about him. He was loved by so many people. He was a mentor to a lot of children. He was a family man, loyal, true and faithful."
Smyrl was born in north Philadelphia on Sept. 12, 1935. He began his career in the arts and entertainment as a poet in Greenwich Village in the 1960s, his wife said, according to The New York Daily News.
He began a television career in New York in the 1970s on the show "Express Yourself." He later won a People's Choice Award for his work on the sitcom "Benson" in the 1970s. Smyrl also worked as a writer and actor on "The Cosby Show," playing the character of contractor Sam Lucas.
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