People, Positions and Obituaries · 9 March 2026

Corey Parker, Will & Grace Actor and Acting Coach, Dies at 60 After Battle with Stage 4 Cancer.

Exam-focused facts from the 9 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • Corey Parker passed away on 5 March 2026 in Memphis, Tennessee at the age of 60.
  • He was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic adenocarcinoma after hip replacement surgery.
  • Parker played Josh, the environmentally conscious boyfriend of Grace Adler, in the sitcom Will & Grace.
  • He began acting at age five and later trained with instructors connected to the Actors Studio at 14.
  • Parker graduated from Manhattan’s High School of Performing Arts and started coaching actors in 2000.
  • His final acting works were the 2017 television series Sun Records and the short film Winding Brook.

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