{"id":556,"date":"2026-05-23T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2026-05-23T15:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T15:06:02","slug":"grizz-chapman-30-rock-actor-dies-at-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"Grizz Chapman, \u201930 Rock\u2019 Actor, Dies at 52"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tActor Grizz Chapman, who played the character of the same name on NBC\u2019s comedy series \u201c30 Rock,\u201d died Friday. He was 52.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=554\">Netflix Nearing Deal for L\u00e9a Seydoux-Starrer \u2018Gentle Monster\u2019 After Cannes Debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tChapman played a bodyguard for Tracy Morgan\u2019s character alongside Kevin Brown, a fellow bodyguard named Dot Com. Brown shared the news of Chapman\u2019s death on Friday, writing on Facebook \u201cI regret to inform you that Mack Chapman aka Grizz Chapman passed today. May he RIP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDonte \u201cHammer\u201d Harrison, one of the Harlem Globetrotters, wrote that he was Chapman\u2019s cousin and that he had died after battling an illness.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=552\">Where to Watch Oleksandr Usyk vs. Rico Verhoeven Boxing Pay-Per-View Live Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cLife gave my cousin Grizz Chapman some heavy battles, but he fought them with strength and dignity until the very end,\u201d Harrison wrote. \u201cA lot of people knew him as the sitcom star from 30 Rock, but we knew the man behind the screen. A good heart, good energy, and somebody who made an impact in this life. After years of fighting illness and dialysis, he passed peacefully in his sleep on May 22nd, 2026 I\u2019m thankful we got time to reconnect 2 months before his passing. Rest easy, cousin. Your name and legacy will live on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn the commentary for one of \u201c30 Rock\u2019s\u201d episodes, Chapman revealed that he first met Morgan while working as a bouncer at a strip club and the two became friends. Outside of \u201c30 Rock,\u201d Chapman and Brown appeared together on an episode of HGTV\u2019s home remodeling show \u201cHidden Potential,\u201d and he became a spokesperson for the National Kidney Foundation after undergoing a kidney transplant.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=550\">International Coalition for Filmmakers at Risk Calls For Release of Egyptian Filmmaker Omar Salah Marei Jailed on Charges of \u2018Spreading False News\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tChapman is survived by his wife and two children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grizz Chapman, the &#8217;30 Rock&#8217; actor, died at 52.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[590,591],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-30-rock","tag-grizz-chapman"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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