Kiki Shepard
Demise on the age of 74
Printed Mar 16, 2026 8:51 PM PDT
Kiki Shepard – co-host of the legendary music showcase ‘Showtime on the Apollo’ for a few years – has handed away… TMZ has discovered.
Kiki’s rep LaShirl Smith tells TMZ she suffered a large coronary heart assault in Los Angeles on Monday, including that her demise was fully surprising.
Shepard grew to become a well-known face to hundreds of thousands of viewers throughout her long term on “Showtime on the Apollo” from 1987 to 2002, the place she shared the stage with Steve Harvey and helped introduce aspiring performers to the enduring Harlem theater.
Over time, she continued to work in tv with appearances on exhibits corresponding to ‘A Totally different World’, ‘Baywatch’, ‘Baywatch Nights’, ‘NYPD Blue’, ‘All people Hates Chris’, ‘Gray’s Anatomy’ and ‘Thoughts Your Enterprise’. She additionally appeared within the film ‘Blackjack Christmas’.
She later made her mark on Broadway, showing in productions corresponding to “Effervescent Brown Sugar,” “Reggae,” “Your Arms Too Brief to Field With God” and “Porgy and Bess.”
Her profession in leisure began lengthy earlier than Apollo. She started working as an expert dancer within the early Seventies and has carried out everywhere in the world, together with with the DC Repertory Dance Firm.
Kiki turned 74.
TEAR.
