Jim Kelly, who starred with Bruce Lee and John Saxon in “ENTER THE DRAGON” has died at age 67. He was also known for his films “Black Belt Jones”, “Black Samurai”, and “Melinda” which were “Blackploitation” films. The news of his passing was via his ex wife, Marilyn Dishman on Facebook.
“Yesterday, June 29, 2013, James Milton Kelly, better known as Jim Kelly, the Karate expert, actor, my first husband and Sabrena Kelly-Lewis’s biological father died. Sabrena needs all of your good thoughts and prayers. This is a difficult situation to process. Even I am having trouble processing it. Like his mother, there will be no service!” – Marilyn Dishman
He will be missed.
