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Fred "Rerun" Berry (March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003) was an American actor best known for the role of Fred "Rerun" Stubbs on the popular 1970s television show What's Happening!!. Berry was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Before starring on What's Happening!!, he was a member of the Los Angeles based dance troupe The Lockers, with which he appeared on the third episode of the first season of Saturday Night Live. He also appeared on the dance music program Soul Train, and was featured in the program's signature line dance segment doing the memorable early '70s dance step "the slo-mo."... MORE

Fred "Rerun" Berry (March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003) was an American actor best known for the role of Fred "Rerun" Stubbs on the popular 1970s television show What's Happening!!. Berry was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Before starring on What's Happening!!, he was a member of the Los Angeles based dance troupe The Lockers, with which he appeared on the third episode of the first season of Saturday Night Live. He also appeared on the dance music program Soul Train, and was featured in the program's signature line dance segment doing the memorable early '70s dance step "the slo-mo." During that time Berry's nickname was “The Penguin”. What's Happening!! lasted from 1976 to 1979. He was a millionaire by age 29. After the show ended, Berry, who weighed over 300 pounds, had trouble finding work because he was permanently identified with the Rerun character. Eventually however, he came to embrace his being typecast, and made his peace with it as the best means to maintain his celebrity. In public, he was often seen wearing the red beret and red suspenders that are part of the Rerun character, and even went so far as to have his middle name legally changed to "Rerun". During the 1980s, LESS