Nickcolia King-N'da, Natalie Simpson and Toyin Omari-Kinch in The Death of a Black Man, which is set in 1973 London The Jamaican-born actor and writer Alfred Fagon, who died in 1986, is now best known for the annual award in his name given to black British playwrights. But as one of his own works from the 1970s is being revived, the director says Fagon still has a lot to say about black British life today. Early in his TV career Fagon had roles in several BBC dramas.