Overview
- Family members announced his death on Thursday, August 27, saying he died late Wednesday at Providence Saint Joseph in Burbank and noting some recent conflicting reports about his hospital status.
- His illness began with meningitis that providers say went undiagnosed for months and progressed to infections and organ failure, including MRSA pneumonia, kidney failure requiring dialysis, repeated seizures, severe brain swelling and multiple brain surgeries.
- Joyce Patton, his mother, filed for a court conservatorship in late August that questioned the legal status of his marriage and sought control of his decisions, a move his wife Shawna Stewart has publicly contested.
- The court appointed an attorney to represent Monroe’s interests and ordered release of his medical records to a probate investigator while family members ran a GoFundMe to help cover mounting hospital bills.
- Monroe, 52, was a noted character actor from 1990s films such as Menace II Society, Tales from the Hood and Set It Off, and his death leaves unresolved legal and financial questions that could continue in probate proceedings.