News Briefvia Deadline
Toukie Smith, who played Eva Rawley on the NBC sitcom 227, recurred on Miami Vice, appeared in films and was the former partner of Robert De Niro, has died. She was 74. Her twins Airyn and Julian said Smith died November 4 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.
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