animation Dinosaur. He released a soul music single in 1973, "There's Something Funny Going On" backed with "Three Hundred Pounds of Hungry" on the Paramount Records label. Personal life and death Wright met his wife Amanda Wright, a dance director, at a production of Two Gentlemen of Verona in London's West End. They married on June 14, 1974. Together they had three children: Keely, Dee, and Sam Jr. Wright died from prostate cancer at his home in Walden, New York on May 24, 2021, aged 74. The cancer had been diagnosed three years earlier. Filmography Film Television Video games Theatre Discography Disney's Sebastian from the Little Mermaid (1990) Party Gras! (1991) References External links Samuel E. Wright at AllMusic 1946 births 2021 deaths 20th-century African-American male singers 20th-century American male actors 21st-century African-American male singers 21st-century American male actors African-American male actors American male film actors American male musical theatre actors American male television actors American male voice actors Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Deaths from prostate cancer Male actors from South Carolina People from Camden, South Carolina People from Walden, New York