Nipsey died

I am back. This will be brief but Nipsey Russell has died. He was 80. I could have thrown him into that question I had about Charo. I remember the guy from doing The Love Boat and game shows (Match Game and the like) back in the 70s. What did he actually do to become "famous" enough to make it to the Love Boat or those game shows. Please do not tell me he was some sort of "street" poet, because his poems were merely rhymes and not that good. He was no Andrew Dice Clay in that regard.

That is all I had for this moment, I just want to know.