O ' neal died jan. 14 at cedars sinai medical center in los angeles after a long bout with cancer, according to his wife, audrey pool o ' neal. Webron o'neal, the actor who briefly became an international star in the film superfly after producers saw his performance in the play no place to be somebody ,. Webron o'neal, whose role as the cocaine dealer youngblood priest in the 1972 film ''superfly'' epitomized the era's blaxploitation genre, died here on wednesday. Webafter a long battle with pancreatic cancer, he died on january 14, 2004 at the age of 66. African american history, people. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, ron died on january 14, 2004,. Webron o’neal, a stage and film actor who rode the wave of blaxploitation movies in the early 1970s starring as the sartorially resplendent harlem drug dealer in the 1972 hit. Webron o’neal’s health deteriorated in the last months of his life, as the cancer took its toll on his body. He was hospitalized several times and suffered from pneumonia.
