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My grandchildren watch the show."
There’s that renewal of every generation that looks to find stories that inspire them."
(Clockwise from upper left) Glynn Turman, Dawnn Lewis, Lou Myers, Charnele Brown, Cree Summer, Darryl M. Bell, Jasmine Guy, and Kadeem Hardison on ‘A Different World’.Credit:NBCU Photo Bank via Getty
Read below to see what the cast ofA Different Worldhas been up to lately.
After one season, Bonet became pregnant with then-husbandLenny Kravitz’s baby and was let go from the show.
Reportedly, some of the show’s other producersdisrespected Bonet in front of the audience.
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(Her daughter starred inthe latter film’s 2020 reboot series.)
In the 2010s, she appeared onThe Red Road,Girls, andRay Donovan.
Afterannouncing their splitin 2022, the couplefinalized their divorce on July 9, 2024.
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And the fact that the statements that we made back then are still needing to be heard.
It’s also heartbreaking.
See, when things were happening in the outside world, it was happening to us, personally."
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Guy later booked small parts on TV and did some voice work before landing recurring roles onDead Like MeandK.C.
Guyshares a daughter, Imani, with ex-husband Terrence Duckett.
I knew we did something good after we got off," HardisontoldThe Hollywood Reporterin June 2024.
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“Once we finished, I saw the void.
He also starred on theZendaya-ledDisney ChannelseriesK.C.
The actor shares a daughter, Sophia, with his ex-wife, singer Chante Moore.
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That’s why the show continues to resonate,” he told PEOPLE in June 2024.
We approached everything through the lens of humor."
He is married to anotherCosby Showalum, Tempestt Bledsoe.
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The two appeared on the 2009 reality showHousehusbands of Hollywood.
“We painted a palette where there was someone for everyone.”
Lewis left the show to play Robin Dumars on another TV series,Hangin' With Mr. Cooper.
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She was married to former basketball player Johnny Newman from 2004 to 2006.
However, she still works on screen, landing appearances on shows likeBetter Things,Swarm, andAbbott Elementary.
Summer was previously married to movie producer Angelo Pullen, with whom she shares two daughters.
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They divorced in 2022.
He died at age 77 in 2013.
Yet to Turman, hisADifferent Worldcharacter had some of the most impact.
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“Heres how influential Colonel Taylor was.
“Something told me to stop and go over, so I did.
I stood there and said, ‘Look at me.
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They looked and they said, ‘My God, its Colonel Taylor.’
And they stopped.”
He has been married to Jo-Ann Allen since 1992.
In 2020, the comediansuffered an ischemic strokeandhas been recovering ever since.
Hemade his first public appearance virtuallyat theA Different WorldHBCU College Tour event in February 2024.
“It’s wild that the kids even know who I am.
That’s beautiful.”
