Robert Guillaume, the voice of Half-Life 2’s Eli Vance, has died

Guillaume was some of the profitable black actors on American tv, most well-known for his position as butler Benson DuBois in sitcoms Soap and Benson, which ran between 1977 and 1986. Guillaume received two Emmys for his roles on the present. Younger audiences might also know him because the voice of The Lion King’s Rafiki.

In 2004, Guillaume voiced Eli Vance in Half-Life 2 and its subsequent episodes, perpetually carving himself a spot in gaming historical past. On Twitter, Half-Life 2’s author Mark Laidlaw paid tribute to Guillaume, saying “I’m very sorry to listen to in regards to the demise of Robert Guillaume. I discovered lots from him about writing to the particular strengths of an actor.”