{"id":8491,"date":"2014-01-01T18:41:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T23:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=8491"},"modified":"2014-01-01T18:41:35","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T23:41:35","slug":"rest-peace-james-avery-aka-uncle-phil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/rest-peace-james-avery-aka-uncle-phil.html","title":{"rendered":"Rest In Peace, James Avery AKA Uncle Phil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may not know him as James Avery, but you definitely know him as Uncle Phil from 1990s sitcom, Fresh Prince of Belair, starring Will Smith. James Avery died on Tuesday, due to complications from the open heart surgery he had on November 11th 2013. He was 68 years old.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8492\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/James-Avery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8492\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8492\" alt=\"James Avery. Picture source: CNN\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/James-Avery.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/James-Avery.jpg 640w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/James-Avery-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Avery. Picture source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2014\/01\/01\/showbiz\/celebrity-news-gossip\/james-avery-obit\/\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is so sad. Rest in peace, James Avery. May God give your family the fortitude to bear this loss. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may not know him as James Avery, but you definitely know him as Uncle Phil from 1990s sitcom, Fresh Prince of Belair, starring Will Smith. James Avery died on Tuesday, due to complications from the open heart surgery he had on November 11th 2013. He was 68 years old. This is so sad. 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