Erica Ash, who starred in the Starz dramedy Survivor's Remorse and the BET series Real Husbands of Hollywood and In Contempt and appeared in dozens of other films and TV shows, including Mad TV, has died. She was 46.
MADtv star Erica Ash dies at age 46
Her family confirmed that Ash died after a long battle with cancer, but gave no other details. "Erica was an incredible woman and talented entertainer who touched countless lives with her sharp wit, humor and genuine zest for life," her family said in a statement. "Her memory will live on in our hearts forever."
Ash was born on September 19, 1977 in Florida and got her big break as a series regular on the first two seasons of Logo's The Big Gay Sketch Show in 2006-07, and then on Fox's Mad TV. In the 2010s, she worked on films such as Scary Movie V, Horror Noire, Sister Code, Kristy, two 2017 Christmas films, and the 2018 basketball comedy Uncle Drew, starring opposite Kyrie Irving, Shaquille O'Neal and others.
One of her first major roles was a recurring role from 2013-16 on the parody series Real Husbands of Hollywood, starring opposite Kevin Hart, Duane Martin, Nick Cannon, JB Smoove, Nelly, and others. During that time, Ash also appeared in all four seasons of Survivor's Remorse, opposite Jessie T. Usher, Ron Reaco Lee, Tichina Arnold, and Mike Epps.
