Kevin Clark
Jack Black mourns the “School of Rock” child star
Scenes from “School of Rock” (2003): Dewey Finn (Jack Black) shows Freddy (Kevin Clark) playing the drums.
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US star Jack Black mourns the loss of his colleague from “School of Rock”. Kevin Clark died in a traffic accident. He was only 32 years old.
US star Jack Black (51) mourns the loss of his colleague from the successful musical comedy “School of Rock” (2003). Former child star Kevin Clark (1988-2021) died in a traffic accident in Chicago on Wednesday. Clark was fatally struck by a car around 1:30 a.m. on his way home by bike. Paramedics took him to the Illinois Masonic Medical Center, but he was pronounced dead at 2:04 a.m. The police announced this to the “Chicago Sun-Times”.
In response to the sad news, “School of Rock” lead actor Jack Black released a touching one Post on Instagram: “Devastating news. Kevin left us. Much too soon. Beautiful soul. So many great memories. My heart is broken. Greetings to his family and the whole School of Rock community.”
In addition, actor and musician Jack Black shared a photo of himself and the child star at the time from the joint film, along with one showing the two of them as they had apparently met again recently. Musician Kevin Clark played drummer Freddy in the cult film. He was only 32 years old.