Veteran Character Actor John Beasley, Who Appeared in the TV Drama ‘Everwood,’ Dies at 79

Veteran Character Actor John Beasley, Who Appeared in the TV Drama ‘Everwood,’ Dies at 79
Actor John Beasley attends the premiere of HBO Films' "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" in New York on April 18, 2017. Andy Kropa/Invision/AP
The Associated Press
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OMAHA, Neb.—John Beasley, the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama “Everwood” and appeared in dozens of films dating back to the 1980s, has died. He was 79.

Beasley died Tuesday after a “brief and unexpected illness” at a hospital in his hometown of Omaha, his manager, Don Spradlin, said.