Webron o ' neal, whose role as cocaine dealer youngblood priest in the 1972 film superfly epitomized the blaxploitation film genre of that era, has died. Webaccording to the celebrity deaths, ron o’neal was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive and lethal. 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.