Tommy “Tiny” Lister manager says he died after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
The ‘Friday’ actor’s manager, Cindy Cowan, said he started feeling sick about a week ago.
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News broke earlier this week that actor Thomas Lister Jr. died at the age of 62 and now his manager is opening up about the actor’s health and said he was allegedly experiencing COVID-19 symptoms at the time of his death. Lister’s manager, Cindy Cowan, spoke to CNN and shared that the
Friday actor started feeling sick about a week ago.
Cowan shared that his symptoms “got really bad, really quick” and that he had trouble breathing and felt very weak. “It literally went so fast,” she shared. The manager said the actor was scheduled to have gone to the set for a new movie last weekend but he called to cancel because he was feeling too weak and couldn’t breathe. “Tiny doesn’t miss movies; he took it very seriously,” she said.
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Actor Tommy “Tiny” Lister tested positive for COVID-19 nearly four months before his death.
Lister, who died at the age of 62 on Thursday after having exhibited COVID symptoms for a week, was diagnosed with the virus earlier this year, his manager Cindy Cowan tells PEOPLE.
“He got a positive result back about four months ago and obviously recovered from that,” she says.
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While at the time he suffered from difficulty breathing and fatigue, recently the actor had been doing “better than ever.”
“He kind of was one of those people that used the lockdown to work out and get in the best shape ever,” Cowan says. “He actually looked the best he’s ever looked and I’ve never seen him more excited about what was coming next.”
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LOS ANGELES On December 10, former professional wrestler Tommy Lister also known as Deebo in the movie Friday films died, Lister was 62 years old.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Department was contacted to do a welfare check up, after Listers family and friends failed to have heard from him all day Wednesday.
Cindy Cowan, Listers agent made a statement that the former wrestler/actor was found unconscious in his home located in Marina Del Rey, Lister was announced dead at the scene.
While the cause of death has not been determined yet Lister was diagnosed with Covid-19 just earlier this year.