{"id":689161,"date":"2026-05-23T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/689161\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:00:11","slug":"grizz-chapman-30-rock-fan-favorite-dead-at-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/689161\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizz Chapman, &#8217;30 Rock&#8217; Fan Favorite, Dead at 52"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Grizz Chapman<br \/>\n                          &#8217;30 Rock&#8217; Fan Favorite Dead at 52<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              May 22, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:10 PM PDT<br \/>\n                                                                      |<br \/>\n                                                                Updated<br \/>\n                                  May 22, 2026<br \/>\n                                9:12 PM PDT\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260523_2c53e93d5bce446097f7bd3fc0d4a668\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5534c9e7-c26b-408b-8daa-34fbb1c9ddd4\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2c53e93d5bce446097f7bd3fc0d4a668_md.jpg\" alt=\"MAIN griz chapman getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Grizz Chapman, the actor best known for his work on the classic sitcom &#8220;30 Rock,&#8221; has died.<\/p>\n<p>His longtime rep, Saideh A. Brown, tells TMZ &#8230; Chapman died Friday. No other details are being released at this time, other than his wife and two children are devastated.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260523_445fac3278414e5498f9abacc7106b73\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5534c9e7-c26b-408b-8daa-34fbb1c9ddd4\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/445fac3278414e5498f9abacc7106b73_md.jpg\" alt=\"griz chapman 30 rock everett\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to his work on the NBC series &#8230; Chapman created a series of YouTube videos known as &#8220;Grizz Chroniclez&#8221; featuring him in variety sketches.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260523_243ca618f0144a8cb7d03caa452663ef\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5534c9e7-c26b-408b-8daa-34fbb1c9ddd4\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/243ca618f0144a8cb7d03caa452663ef_md.jpg\" alt=\"griz chapman getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The actor &#8212; who towered at 7-feet tall &#8212; appeared in several other films and shows, including &#8220;Blue Bloods&#8221; and &#8220;The Black List.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He was 52.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grizz Chapman &#8217;30 Rock&#8217; Fan Favorite Dead at 52 Published May 22, 2026 7:10 PM PDT | Updated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-689161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}