Guiding Light actor and fashion model Renauld White dead at 80 as he’s remembered as ‘the perfect gentleman’ [Video]

GUIDING Light star Renauld White has died at age 80 after spending time in hospice care.

News of the actor and model’s death was revealed by fashion designer Jeffrey Banks.

Guiding Light star Renauld White, pictured above at designer Ike Behar’s Poseidon afterparty at Barneys New York, has diedCredit: Getty

Jeffrey Banks (not pictured), who designed Renauld White’s jacket in the 1978 photo above, broke the news of his deathCredit: Getty

Jeffrey revealed that Renauld died last week in Manhattan, New York, while in hospice care, according to Women’s Wear Daily.

He did not share any other details about his death, including the cause, however.

Renauld rose to fame in the 1970s.

He was only the second Black model to appear on the cover of GQ, doing so in 1979.

He modeled for some of the biggest names in fashion and the most iconic magazines.

Renauld worked with Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, and Bill …