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Tommy Lister Legally Changed Name to ‘Debo’ in Homage to ‘Friday’ – TMZ
The actor who played Deebo took the role very seriously in real life.
Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister was all in for the movie that made him famous — namely, Ice Cube’s cult classic “Friday” — because he legally changed his name to pay homage to his unforgettable character.
TMZ has obtained Tommy’s death certificate, and while a cause of death hasn’t yet been officially determined … there was one very interesting nugget we noticed. His full name reads Tommy Debo Lister, very different from his reported birth name … Thomas Duane Lister Jr.
It’s interesting for a number of…
