The versatile performer played superintendent Nathan Bookman on the CBS sitcom.

Brown’s daughter Sharonannounced the news on InstagramFriday, writing, “Our family is devastated…

He was literally snatched out of our lives.

Portrait of Johnny Brown of the television show ‘Good Times’ Los Angeles, California, September 29, 1977.

Johnny Brown, who played superintendent Nathan Bookman on the hit sitcom ‘Good Times’.CBS Photo Archive/Getty

It’s not real for us yet.

So there will be more to say but not now.

Dad was the absolute best.

We love him so very much.”

A cause of death and other details were not immediately available.

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