Good-Bye: Brad Michael Henke

He was fifty-five

Brad played the character of Denny in the film version of Choke

From CNN:

But it was his breakout role in 2017 playing Desi Piscatella, a gay corrections officer at Litchfield Federal Penitentiary on the hit Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” which earned him a SAG Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.

He appeared in more than 40 films like “Bright, Fury,” “Me and You and Everyone We Know” and “Choke,” the latter of which won a Special Jury Prize for work by an ensemble cast at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.

We kept in touch for years, and I was happy to see his career take off. This deeply bums me out. Denny has always been among my favorite characters, and Brad among my favorite real people.