Kimberly Hébert Gregory, the actor known to many viewers as Dr. Belinda Brown on HBO’s Vice Principals, died on October 3, 2025, according to the Television Academy. She was 52, contemporaneous reporting said. The cause of death was not reported in that coverage.
What happened to Kimberly Hébert Gregory?
The Television Academy lists Gregory’s date of passing as October 3, 2025, and gives her birthday as December 7, 1972, and birthplace as Houston, Texas (Television Academy). The Los Angeles Times reported on October 5, 2025, that she had died at 52. Her former husband, Chester Gregory, confirmed her death in an Instagram post, according to the newspaper (Los Angeles Times).
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What was Kimberly Hébert Gregory’s cause of death?
The cause of death was not immediately reported in the Los Angeles Times account published October 5, 2025. The cited reporting does not establish a cause, so it remains unconfirmed here.
Her best-known role: Dr. Belinda Brown in Vice Principals
Gregory played Dr. Belinda Brown, the incoming principal whose arrival sets off a struggle with vice principals Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, played by Danny McBride and Walton Goggins. The HBO comedy ran for two seasons, from 2016 to 2017, according to TVLine (TVLine).
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Her co-star Goggins paid tribute in an Instagram post quoted by the Los Angeles Times: “We lost one of the best yesterday… one of the best I’ve ever worked with.”
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Gregory’s career extended well beyond the HBO series. The Television Academy lists television credits including Devious Maids, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, Genius and the animated series Craig of the Creek, along with Vice Principals. Its profile also lists the films Five Feet Apart, Red Hook Summer and Miss Virginia (Television Academy).
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She also worked on stage. Apple TV’s biography says Gregory studied psychology at Mount Holyoke College and earned a master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago; it also describes her stage work and film debut (Apple TV).
In a tribute quoted by the Los Angeles Times, her former husband Chester Gregory wrote: “You Were Brilliance Embodied, A Black Woman Whose Mind Lit Every Room, Whose Presence Carried Both Fire And Grace,”
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