Updated On: 31 December, 2022 08:52 AM IST | Washington | ANI
On the TV side, he made appearances in a number of independent films and TV shows, including seven episodes of the NBC (and then CBS) drama series In the Heat of the Night, starring Carroll O`Connor and Howard E. Rollins Jr

Bob Penny. Photo/Twitter
Poet-professor Bob Penny who after retirement appeared in small parts in projects including `Forrest Gump`, `Sweet Home Alabama` and the TV series `In the Heat of the Night`, died aged 87 on December 25.
According to Deadline, a US-based news outlet, his death was announced on the website of Huntsville`s Laughlin Service Funeral Home & Crematory. No cause of death was given.