Hugh was born in Rome Italy and adopted by actor Carroll OConnor and his wife Nancy At the age of 16 Hugh was diagnosed with Hodgkins disease but conquered it with the help of chemotherapy It was around this time that Hugh started taking drugs He worked as a courier on the set of his fathers show Archie Bunkers Place 1979 during its last season In 1988 he appeared in another show starring his father In the Heat of the Night 1988 His character Lonnie Jamison started as a background character but Hugh soon became one of the shows stars continuing to work on the show until its 1995 cancellation Jamison started out as a patrolman but by the end of the series had reached the rank of lieutenant and actingchief of detectives On 28 March 1992 Hugh married Angela OConnor a wardrobe assistant on Heat and the following year she gave birth to their son Sean Carroll OConnor Throughout his life the drug problems had continued and increased On 28 March 1995 exactly three years after his marriage to Angela Hugh committed suicide in their Pacific Palisades CA home shooting himself in the head
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