‘Good Times’ actor Johnny Brown dies aged 84

American actor, singer and comedian Johnny Brown has passed away, his family confirmed. He was 84. 

His heartbroken family confirmed the sad news on Friday with a social media post which expressed their grief as they broke the news to fans, revealing he had passed away on Wednesday 2 March.

She wrote: “Our family is devastated. Devastated. Devastated. Beyond heartbroken. Barely able to breathe.

"We respectfully ask for privacy at this time because we need a minute to process the unthinkable."

She added, "This is my mom’s husband for sixty one years, mine and JJ’s dad, Elijah and Levi’s Pop Pop, older brother to George and brother in law to Pat and extended family to Chris, Hihat, Damian and Derell.

"It’s too terrible. It will never not be. It’s a shock. He was literally snatched out of our lives.

"It’s not real for us yet. So there will be more to say but not now. Dad was the absolute best. We love him so very much."

His daughter, actress Sharon Catherine Brown announced the news on her Instagram account on Friday. 

Brown played building superintendent Nathan Bookman on the 1970s CBS sitcom Good Times.