Hair star Treat Williams, 71, dies in motorcycle accident ‘after the car cut him off while making a turn’, hours after he shared a photo of himself mowing grass at his Vermont ranch
- Treat Williams, best known for his roles in Everwood and Hair, was enjoying his weekend mowing his lawn just hours before the tragedy
- The Golden Globe-nominated actor died Sunday afternoon when a car “cut off” him, his agent Barry McPherson confirmed.
Actor Treat Williams has died at the age of 71 after being involved in a motorcycle accident.
The Golden Globe-nominated actor died Sunday afternoon when a car “cut off” him, his agent Barry McPherson confirmed.
He told People: ‘He was killed this afternoon. He made left or right [and] a car cut him off. I’m just broken. He was the nicest man. He was so talented.’
Williams, best known for his roles in Everwood and Hair, was enjoying his weekend mowing his lawn just hours before the tragedy.
Actor Treat Williams has died at the age of 71 after being involved in a motorcycle accident
Treat Williams at Prince Of The City
In a social media post just seven hours ago, Williams shared a photo of his land with the caption, “Mowing today. I wish I could bottle the fragrance’
His agent added, “He was an actor. Filmmakers loved him. He has been the heart of Hollywood since the late 1970s.
“He was very proud of his performance this year. He is so happy with the work I gave him.
“He’s had a balanced career.”
Williams rose to fame after his debut role in 1975, in the thriller Deadly Hero.
In 1979, he starred as George Berger in the movie Hair, which was based on the Broadway musical.
It was the role that earned him his first Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year.
Treat Williams (center) plays Dr. Andrew Brown in Everwood – a neurosurgeon who breaks down after his wife’s death and moves from New York to Colorado
Treat Williams pictured in 1981 and 1988
In a social media post just seven hours ago, Williams shared a photo of his land with the caption, “Mowing today. I wish I could bottle the fragrance.”
And two hours before news of his death broke, he recorded mowing the ground and wrote, “What a real Vermonter does.”
Williams enjoyed a decades-long career, appearing in TV shows such as Steven Spielberg’s 1941 and Prince of the City.
He was also in Blue Bloods and Chesapeake Shores.