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Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister Reportedly Feared He Had COVID-19 Again Just Days Before His Passing (Update)

<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">According to &commat;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com">tmz&lowbar;tv<&sol;a>&comma; Tommy &OpenCurlyQuote;Tiny’ Lister reportedly feared he had COVID-19 again&comma; just before he passed&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">A rep for the actor told TMZ that Tiny tested positive for COVID-19 about 4 months ago&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The &&num;8220&semi;Friday&&num;8221&semi; star&&num;8217&semi;s rep&comma; Cindy Cowan&comma; tells TMZ &&num;8230&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Tiny&&num;8221&semi; tested positive around 4 months ago&period; He had many of the common symptoms &&num;8230&semi; he felt lethargic and struggled breathing&comma; but his diabetes also made him high risk&period; She says he wasn&&num;8217&semi;t hospitalized but quarantined at home&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Cindy also stated that the two were to meet on Friday&comma; December 3rd&comma; but they didn’t because he reportedly felt like the symptoms of COVID-19 had reappeared&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;She says he felt it was probably best for him NOT to enter her home out of fear of spreading whatever he had&period; Tommy&&num;8217&semi;s cause of death has not yet been determined &&num;8230&semi; but we&&num;8217&semi;ve learned he feared he had contracted the coronavirus again&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">TMZ also reports that just days before his death&comma; Tiny appeared to have been struggling&comma; as he spoke during an interview with Brandon Jay&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">During the interview&comma; he expressed he was looking forward to taking the COVID-19 vaccine&comma; after being inspire by the former presidents who agreed to take the vaccine on TV&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;lister&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post">As previously reported<&sol;a>&comma; Tiny was found in his Marina Del Rey&comma; California&comma; apartment just before 3 p&period;m&period; on Thursday&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Sources said Tiny was not taken to a hospital because he was pronounced dead at the scene&period; The Los Angeles County coroner’s office was dispatched to his home but a cause of death has yet to be announced&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tiny has been in a number of films&period; His acting career dates back to the 80s&comma; though for many Friday fans&comma; he will always be known as Deebo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also played President Lindberg in the sci-fi action film&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Fifth Element&comma;” and more recently&comma; his career was still thriving as he appeared in the box office smash hit&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Dark Knight&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also voiced the character Finnick in the children’s film &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Zootopia&period;” In addition to acting&comma; Tiny had two short pro wrestling stints&comma; and starred alongside Hulk Hogan — as the bad guy&comma; Zeus&comma; of course — in the 1989 film&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No Holds Barred&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is not the first person from the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Friday” franchise to leave us&period; Fans were devastated when the legendary John &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Pops” Witherspoon passed away in late October of 2019 at the age of 77&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Please continue to keep his family in your prayers&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"71265" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tommy-tiny-lister-reportedly-feared-he-had-19-again-just-days-before-his-passing-update&sol;" data-secure&equals;"0fd8f29de8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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