Editing Gerald Levert (section)

==Acting career==
Levert began his acting career as Charles Young, his first appearance on ''[[The Jamie Foxx Show]]'' for 2 episodes with "Just Don't Do It", that aired on November 5, 1998, and Jamie disapproves of his mother ([[Jo Marie Payton]]) because she decided to marry him in the episode. In January 2001, Gerald appears again in the series finale "Always and Forever" when Jamie ([[Jamie Foxx]]) and Fancy ([[Garcelle Beauvais]]) got married and sang the opening ceremony at the wedding and joined by fellow singers [[Gladys Knight]] and [[Marilyn McCoo]] (without her husband [[Billy Davis Jr.]]). On November 10, 2003 (exactly three years prior to his death), Levert's final acting role that aired during his lifetime was when he appeared in an episode of ''[[The Parkers]]'', He played T's father in the episode and comes for a visit to start a new band {{Nowrap|with T.}}