Actor, producer, former college football player, husband, and father Charles F. Porter has died at the age of 47 after an extraordinarily long battle with Hodgkin lymphoma.

Porter, perhaps best known for portraying NASCAR pioneer Wendell Scott in the 2011 ESPN film *Wendell Scott: A Race Story*, died on November 2, 2026, at his home in Calabasas, California.

His death came after roughly 17 and a half years of living with Hodgkin lymphoma, a disease that repeatedly returned despite years of treatment.

But for the people closest to him, Porter was far more than an actor or producer.

He was a husband.

A father.

A man whose wife remembered him for his integrity, strength, and extraordinary ability to appreciate life even while facing circumstances that could easily have overwhelmed him.

After 18 years together, his wife, Candice Tab-Porter, shared the heartbreaking news of his death in an emotional tribute.

She wrote that she felt honored to have spent those years beside him and believed their relationship had happened for a reason.

“I am honored Charles taught me how to be present, live in the moment and enjoy all the beauty that life had to offer.”

Candice remembered her husband as someone who refused to compromise the principles he believed in.

He kept his word.

He led through his actions.

And even while cancer repeatedly disrupted their lives, she said he rarely complained.

Instead, Porter tried to find meaning in what they were experiencing.

That outlook became one of the defining features of his life.

Porter and Candice welcomed two daughters, Layla Rose, now 9, and Juliette Jasmine, 6.

For Candice, one of her greatest sources of gratitude is knowing that their children had the opportunity to know the man she considered a hero.

“I am forever grateful that our girls got to spend their earliest years being raised by a true hero.” Continue Reading ⬇️

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