Jim Sampson(V)
- Actor
Jim Sampson was born May 2, 1932 in Wilmington, NC and raised in Harlem, NY.
He was a standout basketball player at Seward Park HS, and received a scholarship from Benedict College in South Carolina. Jim became a teacher and champion HS basketball coach while married with kids.
Mr. Sampson relocated to NYC, he later became a director at a Bronx Community Center and had a bit part in the music video by Alicia Keys, You Don't My Name in 2003. Jim died from a severe heart condition at age 84 in a NYC hospital in 2016.