William Lamarr Johnson
ABOUT WILLIAM LAMARR JOHNSON
The late sweetheart of Empire's Taraji Henson and the father of her son Marcell .
He and Henson were high school sweethearts and she became pregnant during her junior year of college.
In 2003, he was beaten and stabbed to death only a day after his 34th birthday after he started an argument over a friend's slashed tires.
Henson was in college when she became pregnant with Marcell. However, by the time of Johnson's death, the pair had split.
His son Marcell appeared alongside his mother and stars like Terrence Howard and Trai Byers on Empire.
