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He died on March 5, 2002, of a rare bone disease at California Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 50. He was survived by his partner of 30 years, actor Paul Winfield.
Talking about his love interest, Paul Winfield’s Partner was Charles Stanley ‘Chuck’ Gillan. With him, the actor spent three decades. As far as his gay rumors were concerned, Paul Winfield was interested in men.
He received the NAACP Image Award for Best Actor in 1982 and has been inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. Though openly gay in his personal life, Winfield was more discreet professionally. His partner of 30 years, architect Charles Gillan Jr., died in 2002 of bone cancer.
Winfield was gay, but remained discreet about it in the public eye. His partner of 30 years, architect Charles Gillan Jr., died on March 5, 2002, of bone cancer. Winfield long battled obesity and diabetes.
Mar 11, 2004 · The Internet Movie Database said his partner of three decades years, Charles Gillan Jr., died in 2002. He is survived by a sister, Patricia Wilson of Las Vegas.
Winfield never married but was a partner of Charles Gillian, Jr., for over thirty years. Winfield was a breeder of pug dogs and owned seven pugs, each named for a Shakespearean character. He also had over 600 ceramic and bronze pugs.
Paul Edward Winfield was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder (1972), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award.
