‘I Can’t Tell You How Proud I am of My Brother’: Why the Late Actor Charlie Murphy Was Never Envious of Brother Eddie’s Success

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Often, when siblings are in the same industry, competition is expected. But for brothers Charlie and Eddie Murphy, there was nothing but mutual love and respect. 

While Eddie became a blockbuster movie star, before his death in 2017 of leukemia at age 57, Charlie made his own mark in Hollywood as an actor and comedian.

Charlie Murphy (Photo via IMDb)

At the time of Charlie’s death, he had a net worth of $2.5 million. That’s a drop in the bucket compared to his younger brother, Eddie, whose net worth is currently $200 million. However, Charlie was never bitter about Eddie’s success. 

“It was not bittersweet,” he told Howard Stern in a 2004 interview that has recently resurfaced on social media. “I can’t tell you how proud I am of my brother. I know my family’s…

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