This Is Us actor Ron Cephas Jones dies aged 66

Tributes have been paid to Ron Cephas Jones (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Ron Cephas Jones, a veteran stage actor who won two Emmy Awards for his role as a long-lost father who finds redemption on the TV series This Is Us, has died aged 66.

Jones’ manager, Dan Spilo, said in a statement that the actor died “due to a long-standing pulmonary issue”.