“There were very few Black models at the time. He really broke barriers,' his friend Jeffrey Banks said.
Renauld White during GQ and Men's Clothing Designer Ike Behar Host the "Poseidon" Afterparty at Barneys at Barneys New York in New York City, New York, United States. , who broke racial barriers as the second Black model to appear on the cover of GQ, and spent two years starring on the soap opera “The star had been in hospice care at Lennox Hill Hospital in Manhattan at the time of his death.
Back in 1987, in an interview with The Morning Call, White said his love of fashion was entirely due to his father. White also appeared in films and off-Broadway productions. After scoring the role of Willian on “The Guiding Light,” he took a hiatus from modeling in 1985.
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