Lamont Bentley
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| Born | Artimus Lamont Bentley October 25, 1973 Milwaukee, Wisconsin,  United States |
| Died | January 19, 2005 Los Angeles, California |
Artimus Lamont Bentley (October 25, 1973 – January 19, 2005) was an American television and film actor. He was known for his role as Hakeem Campbell on Moesha, C-Money in The Wash, and Crazy K in Tales from the Hood, MC Hammer's Too Leggit To Quit.
Bentley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and moved to Los Angeles with his mother, Loyce, who wished to ignite her career as a singer. Bentley was befriended by author and hotel magnate Christopher Spencer, who was his personal manager during his career on Moesha.
He was involved in a lawsuit with a security guard at Sunset/Gower Studios in Hollywood in which the guard accused Bentley and his friends of beating him.
On January 18, 2005, he was killed in a single-car accident in southern California's Ventura County. He was driving on Highway 118 near Simi Valley (which is 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles) when his vehicle went over an embankment, ejecting him (the sole occupant) from the vehicle and into traffic where five cars struck him.[1][2] He was 31 and the father of two young daughters, Artesia and Brazil.
