Webhoward rollins, an actor who was nominated for an academy award in 1981 for his work in the film ''ragtime'' and was written out of the hit television series ''in. Webin yesterday’s appreciation of actor howard e. Webhoward rollins, who was dropped from the popular television series “in the heat of the night” because of drug problems, has died. Webdecember 10, 1996 at 12:00 a. m. Webhoward rollins, who starred in the tv series heat of night and was nominated for an oscar for ragtime, died in 1996 at age 46. He had a history of drug.
